PIERCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Pierce County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in North Dakota for Balta, Orrin and and Wolford. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pierce County by the Numbers

Pierce County has 350 farms on 471,211 acres (about 1,346 acres each). Together they sold $140.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, soybeans and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 3,696 honey bee colonies.

1 farms in Pierce County already sell straight to the public. 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 Pierce County

Pierce County farms and homesteads keep 23,954 head of cattle, 189 sheep and 162 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 561 people run or help run farms in Pierce County, with an average age of 56. 30% of them are women. 65 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.