CATRON COUNTY MARKET

Catron County, New Mexico Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Catron County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Aragon, Datil and Quemado. New Mexico favorites like pinto beans and green chiles show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Catron County by the Numbers

Catron County has 305 farms on 1,396,946 acres (about 4,580 acres each). Together they sold $17.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, horses and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Catron County already sell straight to the public, about $75,000 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 Catron County

Catron County farms and homesteads keep 35,250 head of cattle, 948 horses and ponies and 609 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 556 people run or help run farms in Catron County, with an average age of 59. 42% of them are women. 32 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 23 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.