ROOSEVELT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Roosevelt County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New Mexico for Causey, Dora and Pep. Watch for local pinto beans when it comes into season in New Mexico. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Roosevelt County by the Numbers

Roosevelt County has 638 farms on 1,294,906 acres (about 2,030 acres each). Together they sold $372.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), hay & other field crops and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 112 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Roosevelt County already sell straight to the public. 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 Roosevelt County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Roosevelt County counts 156,761 head of cattle, 5,178 goats and 746 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,062 people run or help run farms in Roosevelt County, with an average age of 62. 39% of them are women. 101 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Roosevelt County stands out: it ranks #1 of 30 NM counties for goats and #3 of 31 NM counties for total farm sales.