COCHISE COUNTY MARKET

Cochise County, Arizona Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Douglas, Benson and Dragoon buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Arizona favorites like pecans and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Cochise County by the Numbers

Cochise County has 1,002 farms on 1,035,831 acres (about 1,034 acres each). Together they sold $340.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pistachios and grapes, and local fields produce garlic, tomatoes, cucumbers and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 635 honey bee colonies.

118 farms in Cochise County already sell straight to the public, about $5.4 million 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 Cochise County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 162,200 head of cattle, 6,049 egg-laying hens and 2,494 horses and ponies in Cochise County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,892 people run or help run farms in Cochise County, with an average age of 59. 41% of them are women. 129 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cochise County stands out: it ranks #1 of 15 AZ counties for selling food straight to the public and #1 of 13 AZ counties for egg-laying hens.