GRANT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Grant County? Backyard growers and small farms around Arenas Valley, Buckhorn and Hachita list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Grant County by the Numbers

Grant County has 334 farms on 794,499 acres (about 2,379 acres each). Together they sold $15.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce watermelons, cucumbers, cantaloupes and onions. Beekeepers tend about 11 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Grant County already sell straight to the public, about $397,000 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 Grant County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 27,976 head of cattle, 925 egg-laying hens and 816 horses and ponies in Grant County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 646 people run or help run farms in Grant County, with an average age of 62. 46% of them are women. 46 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.