WISE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Alvord to Greenwood, Wise County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wise County by the Numbers

Wise County has 3,528 farms on 345,021 acres (about 98 acres each). Together they sold $58.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, plums and peaches, and local fields produce watermelons, pumpkins, cantaloupes and okra. Beekeepers tend about 656 honey bee colonies.

144 farms in Wise County already sell straight to the public, about $612,000 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 Wise County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wise County counts 53,333 head of cattle, 14,372 egg-laying hens and 6,596 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 6,167 people run or help run farms in Wise County, with an average age of 58. 42% of them are women. 344 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 24 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wise County stands out: it ranks #2 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #25 of 241 TX counties for goats.