SAN MIGUEL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the San Miguel County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New Mexico for Conchas Dam, Garita and Ribera. Watch for local pecans when it comes into season in New Mexico. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in San Miguel County by the Numbers

San Miguel County has 776 farms on 1,662,231 acres (about 2,142 acres each). Together they sold $20.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce watermelons, chile peppers, cantaloupes and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 57 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in San Miguel County already sell straight to the public, about $70,000 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 San Miguel County

San Miguel County farms and homesteads keep 32,141 head of cattle, 1,893 egg-laying hens and 1,469 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,308 people run or help run farms in San Miguel County, with an average age of 64. 35% of them are women. 38 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 17 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where San Miguel County stands out: it ranks #7 of 33 NM counties for number of farms.