CURRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Curry County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New Mexico for Broadview, Clovis and and Texico. Watch for local pecans when it comes into season in New Mexico. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Curry County by the Numbers

Curry County has 665 farms on 891,911 acres (about 1,341 acres each). Together they sold $522.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, and local fields produce squash, cucumbers, fresh herbs and eggplant. Beekeepers tend about 30 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Curry County already sell straight to the public, about $82,000 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 Curry County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Curry County counts 243,083 head of cattle, 697 egg-laying hens and 587 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,192 people run or help run farms in Curry County, with an average age of 60. 42% of them are women. 123 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Curry County stands out: it ranks #1 of 31 NM counties for total farm sales.