BILLINGS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Billings County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Gorham, and Medora. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Billings County by the Numbers

Billings County has 170 farms on 730,876 acres (about 4,299 acres each). Together they sold $38.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and corn.

7 farms in Billings County already sell straight to the public, about $213,000 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 Billings County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 25,096 head of cattle, 484 horses and ponies and 254 egg-laying hens in Billings County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 291 people run or help run farms in Billings County, with an average age of 53. 35% of them are women. 53 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Billings County stands out: it ranks #7 of 36 ND counties for selling food straight to the public.