VALENCIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Valencia County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New Mexico for Bosque Farms, Boys Ranch and and Tome. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Valencia County by the Numbers

Valencia County has 978 farms on 450,426 acres (about 461 acres each). Together they sold $33.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, fruit & nuts and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce chile peppers, lettuce, tomatoes and carrots. Beekeepers tend about 155 honey bee colonies.

63 farms in Valencia County already sell straight to the public, about $615,000 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 Valencia County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Valencia County counts 16,228 head of cattle, 5,728 egg-laying hens and 1,212 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,717 people run or help run farms in Valencia County, with an average age of 60. 41% of them are women. 118 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Valencia County stands out: it ranks #3 of 30 NM counties for egg-laying hens and #5 of 33 NM counties for number of farms.