WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Washington County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Brenham, Burton and and Washington. Texas favorites like pecans and peaches show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 2,137 farms on 374,608 acres (about 175 acres each). Together they sold $51.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and walnuts, and local fields produce potatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 1,373 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $205,000 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 Washington County

Washington County farms and homesteads keep 57,182 head of cattle, 2,463 horses and ponies and 1,714 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 3,693 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 63. 39% of them are women. 189 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Washington County stands out: it ranks #24 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #24 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies.