VAN ZANDT COUNTY MARKET

Van Zandt County, Texas Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Van Zandt County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Texas for Ben Wheeler, Canton and Van. Texas favorites like pecans and peaches show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Van Zandt County by the Numbers

Van Zandt County has 3,206 farms on 416,603 acres (about 130 acres each). Together they sold $168.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet potatoes, watermelons, tomatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 686 honey bee colonies.

96 farms in Van Zandt County already sell straight to the public, about $733,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Van Zandt County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Van Zandt County counts 94,140 head of cattle, 12,304 egg-laying hens and 3,629 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 5,464 people run or help run farms in Van Zandt County, with an average age of 61. 42% of them are women. 244 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Van Zandt County stands out: it ranks #4 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #27 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.