CHAVES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Chaves County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Dexter, Hagerman and and Roswell. 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 Chaves County by the Numbers

Chaves County has 485 farms on 2,309,179 acres (about 4,761 acres each). Together they sold $446.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and pistachios, and local fields produce honeydew melons, watermelons, cantaloupes and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 41 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Chaves County already sell straight to the public, about $377,000 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 Chaves County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Chaves County counts 144,617 head of cattle, 24,842 sheep and 1,794 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 867 people run or help run farms in Chaves County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 59 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.

Where Chaves County stands out: it ranks #2 of 31 NM counties for total farm sales and #4 of 30 NM counties for goats.