WEBB COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Webb County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Laredo, Bruni and and Rio Bravo. Watch for local onions when it comes into season in Texas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Webb County by the Numbers

Webb County has 659 farms on 2,128,507 acres (about 3,230 acres each). Together they sold $31.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sorghum.

Orchards and vineyards here grow lemons and grapefruit. Beekeepers tend about 73 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Webb County already sell straight to the public, about $16,000 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 Webb County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Webb County counts 45,607 head of cattle, 3,552 goats and 1,565 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,133 people run or help run farms in Webb County, with an average age of 60. 30% of them are women. 74 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 60 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.