WHEELER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Wheeler County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Allison, Briscoe and and Wheeler. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Wheeler County by the Numbers

Wheeler County has 467 farms on 584,576 acres (about 1,252 acres each). Together they sold $123.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cotton and wheat.

5 farms in Wheeler County already sell straight to the public, about $193,000 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 Wheeler County

Wheeler County farms and homesteads keep 60,799 head of cattle, 417 egg-laying hens and 394 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 833 people run or help run farms in Wheeler County, with an average age of 62. 38% of them are women. 67 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wheeler County stands out: it ranks #49 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.