DUNN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Dunn County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Dodge, Dunn Center and and Werner. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Dunn County by the Numbers

Dunn County has 500 farms on 1,118,382 acres (about 2,237 acres each). Together they sold $127.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 13,848 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Dunn County already sell straight to the public, about $388,000 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 Dunn County

Dunn County farms and homesteads keep 73,982 head of cattle, 1,491 horses and ponies and 569 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 868 people run or help run farms in Dunn County, with an average age of 54. 31% of them are women. 144 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Dunn County stands out: it ranks #2 of 36 ND counties for selling food straight to the public and #3 of 20 ND counties for honey bee colonies.