BACA COUNTY MARKET

Baca County, Colorado Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Baca County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Campo, Lycan and and Walsh. Colorado favorites like green chiles and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Baca County by the Numbers

Baca County has 696 farms on 1,236,174 acres (about 1,776 acres each). Together they sold $130.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and sorghum.

Beekeepers tend about 22 honey bee colonies.

1 farms in Baca County already sell straight to the public. 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 Baca County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 37,007 head of cattle, 415 horses and ponies and 390 egg-laying hens in Baca County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,267 people run or help run farms in Baca County, with an average age of 63. 44% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.