WARD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Ward County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in North Dakota for Blaisdell, Burlington and Donnybrook. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Ward County by the Numbers

Ward County has 634 farms on 1,014,320 acres (about 1,600 acres each). Together they sold $353.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, soybeans and corn.

Local fields produce pumpkins, squash, potatoes and garlic.

25 farms in Ward County already sell straight to the public, about $380,000 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 Ward County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Ward County counts 14,158 head of cattle, 717 egg-laying hens and 565 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,052 people run or help run farms in Ward County, with an average age of 57. 29% of them are women. 116 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Ward County stands out: it ranks #3 of 36 ND counties for selling food straight to the public and #8 of 46 ND counties for egg-laying hens.