The Dolores Project provides Montezuma and Dolores County farmers irrigation for 61,854 acres. Irrigated family farms tend to be between 100 and 320 acres. Dryland farms are considerably larger. Housing is not included in these prices. Local and Navajo sheep still traverse the area as the ranchers take them from the desert to summer pastures in the mountains each spring, and return each fall.
Cattle drives to and from high summer pastures are also common.
The popularity of llamas as pack animals has led to several llama ranches in the area, and we have seen the first instance of a local ostrich ranch.