AURORA COUNTY MARKET

Aurora County, South Dakota Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Aurora County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Plankinton, Stickney and and White Lake. South Dakota favorites like honey and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Aurora County by the Numbers

Aurora County has 362 farms on 356,901 acres (about 986 acres each). Together they sold $152.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

4 farms in Aurora County already sell straight to the public, about $49,000 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 Aurora County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 39,817 head of cattle, 4,958 sheep and 940 goats in Aurora County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 604 people run or help run farms in Aurora County, with an average age of 56. 25% of them are women. 85 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 Aurora County stands out: it ranks #3 of 53 SD counties for goats.