BEADLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Beadle County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cavour, Hitchcock and Wolsey. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in South Dakota. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Beadle County by the Numbers

Beadle County has 673 farms on 669,521 acres (about 995 acres each). Together they sold $355 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 86 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Beadle County already sell straight to the public, about $373,000 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 Beadle County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 79,222 head of cattle, 56,997 hogs and 3,833 sheep in Beadle County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,110 people run or help run farms in Beadle County, with an average age of 56. 30% of them are women. 142 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Beadle County stands out: it ranks #4 of 42 SD counties for selling food straight to the public and #8 of 66 SD counties for total farm sales.