STEELE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Steele County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in North Dakota for Colgate, Finley and and Sharon. 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 Steele County by the Numbers

Steele County has 293 farms on 384,113 acres (about 1,311 acres each). Together they sold $187.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and wheat.

Local fields produce tomatoes, potatoes and sweet corn.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Steele County

Steele County farms and homesteads keep 7,396 head of cattle and 21 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 458 people run or help run farms in Steele County, with an average age of 57. 27% of them are women. 43 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.