DICKEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Dickey County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Ellendale, Forbes and and Guelph. North Dakota favorites like honey and potatoes show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dickey County by the Numbers

Dickey County has 423 farms on 610,307 acres (about 1,443 acres each). Together they sold $269.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 90 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Dickey County already sell straight to the public, about $55,000 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 Dickey County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 41,714 head of cattle, 4,905 sheep and 483 egg-laying hens in Dickey County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 830 people run or help run farms in Dickey County, with an average age of 55. 30% of them are women. 89 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.