GRANT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Grant County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bentley, Carson and and Shields. 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 Grant County by the Numbers

Grant County has 450 farms on 1,057,984 acres (about 2,351 acres each). Together they sold $178.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 5,113 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Grant County already sell straight to the public, about $246,000 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 Grant County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 82,360 head of cattle, 1,540 sheep and 648 goats in Grant County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 887 people run or help run farms in Grant County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 115 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Grant County stands out: it ranks #3 of 33 ND counties for goats and #4 of 36 ND counties for selling food straight to the public.