STUTSMAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Adrian, Buchanan and Kensal buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. North Dakota favorites like dry beans and squash show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Stutsman County by the Numbers

Stutsman County has 829 farms on 1,201,132 acres (about 1,449 acres each). Together they sold $419.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and wheat.

Beekeepers tend about 497 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Stutsman 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 Stutsman County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Stutsman County counts 61,297 head of cattle, 1,760 sheep and 662 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,423 people run or help run farms in Stutsman County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 175 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Stutsman County stands out: it ranks #4 of 53 ND counties for number of farms and #6 of 53 ND counties for total farm sales.