QUAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Quay County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bard, House and San Jon. New Mexico favorites like apples and pinto beans show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Quay County by the Numbers

Quay County has 592 farms on 1,834,958 acres (about 3,100 acres each). Together they sold $49 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sorghum and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 8 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Quay County already sell straight to the public, about $129,000 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 Quay County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Quay County counts 41,764 head of cattle, 2,138 sheep and 991 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,044 people run or help run farms in Quay County, with an average age of 62. 40% of them are women. 61 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.