BARNES COUNTY MARKET

Barnes County, North Dakota Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Fingal, Hastings and Oriska buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. North Dakota favorites like dry beans and squash show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Barnes County by the Numbers

Barnes County has 739 farms on 899,654 acres (about 1,217 acres each). Together they sold $323 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and wheat.

Local fields produce potatoes and tomatoes.

7 farms in Barnes County already sell straight to the public, about $27,000 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 Barnes County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Barnes County counts 17,223 head of cattle, 576 sheep and 530 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,241 people run or help run farms in Barnes County, with an average age of 58. 30% of them are women. 132 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Barnes County stands out: it ranks #7 of 53 ND counties for number of farms.