ZAPATA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Zapata County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in San Ygnacio, and Zapata. 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 Zapata County by the Numbers

Zapata County has 305 farms on 287,324 acres (about 942 acres each). Together they sold $5.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sheep & goats.

3 farms in Zapata County already sell straight to the public, about $20,000 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 Zapata County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 12,345 head of cattle, 211 goats and 149 horses and ponies in Zapata County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 468 people run or help run farms in Zapata County, with an average age of 64. 26% of them are women. 9 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.