SIERRA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Arrey, Caballo and Monticello buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Sierra County by the Numbers

Sierra County has 269 farms on 1,070,677 acres (about 3,980 acres each). Together they sold $21.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pomegranates, and local fields produce chile peppers, onions, lettuce and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 19 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Sierra County already sell straight to the public, about $1.5 million 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 Sierra County

Sierra County farms and homesteads keep 14,565 head of cattle, 778 egg-laying hens and 535 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 522 people run or help run farms in Sierra County, with an average age of 59. 46% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sierra County stands out: it ranks #2 of 28 NM counties for selling food straight to the public.