RANSOM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Ransom County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Elliott, Enderlin and and Sheldon. Watch for local squash when it comes into season in North Dakota. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Ransom County by the Numbers

Ransom County has 502 farms on 522,982 acres (about 1,042 acres each). Together they sold $197.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes.

14 farms in Ransom County already sell straight to the public, about $97,000 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 Ransom County

Ransom County farms and homesteads keep 46,530 head of cattle, 16,075 hogs and 537 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 891 people run or help run farms in Ransom County, with an average age of 57. 30% of them are women. 123 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.