VICTORIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Victoria County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Victoria, Bloomington and and Telferner. Watch for local citrus when it comes into season in Texas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Victoria County by the Numbers

Victoria County has 1,412 farms on 526,006 acres (about 373 acres each). Together they sold $72 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and sweet cherries. Beekeepers tend about 4,142 honey bee colonies.

55 farms in Victoria County already sell straight to the public, about $85,000 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 Victoria County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 58,674 head of cattle, 3,664 egg-laying hens and 2,619 goats in Victoria County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,474 people run or help run farms in Victoria County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 157 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Victoria County stands out: it ranks #11 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies.