BENSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Baker, Fillmore and Knox buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in North Dakota. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Benson County by the Numbers

Benson County has 369 farms on 640,303 acres (about 1,735 acres each). Together they sold $232.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, wheat and corn.

2 farms in Benson County already sell straight to the public. 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 Benson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Benson County counts 22,906 head of cattle, 437 horses and ponies and 195 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 575 people run or help run farms in Benson County, with an average age of 60. 30% of them are women. 56 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.