MORTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Almont, Breien and Lark buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in North Dakota. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Morton County by the Numbers

Morton County has 688 farms on 1,228,831 acres (about 1,786 acres each). Together they sold $255.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and corn.

Local fields produce cucumbers, asparagus, bell peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 2,404 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Morton County already sell straight to the public, about $59,000 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 Morton County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 116,822 head of cattle, 2,677 sheep and 1,266 horses and ponies in Morton County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,239 people run or help run farms in Morton County, with an average age of 55. 33% of them are women. 157 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Morton County stands out: it ranks #10 of 53 ND counties for number of farms and #7 of 33 ND counties for goats.