STARK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Stark County? Backyard growers and small farms around Fryburg, Gladstone and South Heart list it here. North Dakota favorites like honey and potatoes show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Stark County by the Numbers

Stark County has 615 farms on 723,041 acres (about 1,176 acres each). Together they sold $170 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, cattle and corn.

Local fields produce potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 6,450 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Stark County already sell straight to the public, about $46,000 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 Stark County

Stark County farms and homesteads keep 37,782 head of cattle, 3,473 sheep and 1,115 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,061 people run or help run farms in Stark County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 134 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Stark County stands out: it ranks #1 of 33 ND counties for goats and #2 of 46 ND counties for egg-laying hens.