WALSH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Walsh County? Backyard growers and small farms around Adams, Ardoch and Gardar list it here. 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 Walsh County by the Numbers

Walsh County has 850 farms on 734,006 acres (about 864 acres each). Together they sold $468.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, wheat and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 15 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Walsh County already sell straight to the public, about $41,000 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 Walsh County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 4,862 head of cattle, 217 egg-laying hens and 141 horses and ponies in Walsh County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,602 people run or help run farms in Walsh County, with an average age of 57. 29% of them are women. 157 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 Walsh County stands out: it ranks #3 of 53 ND counties for number of farms and #3 of 53 ND counties for total farm sales.