GRIGGS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Griggs County? Backyard growers and small farms around Binford, Cooperstown and and Walum list it here. 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 Griggs County by the Numbers

Griggs County has 347 farms on 386,215 acres (about 1,113 acres each). Together they sold $123.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and wheat.

Local fields produce daikon.

7 farms in Griggs County already sell straight to the public, about $12,000 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 Griggs County

Griggs County farms and homesteads keep 13,991 head of cattle, 725 egg-laying hens and 290 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 586 people run or help run farms in Griggs County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 78 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.

Where Griggs County stands out: it ranks #7 of 46 ND counties for egg-laying hens.