BROWN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Brown County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Aberdeen, Barnard and Frederick. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in South Dakota. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Brown County by the Numbers

Brown County has 1,073 farms on 1,023,480 acres (about 954 acres each). Together they sold $520.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, bell peppers and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 341 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Brown County already sell straight to the public, about $58,000 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 Brown County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 41,937 head of cattle, 3,263 sheep and 1,315 egg-laying hens in Brown County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,869 people run or help run farms in Brown County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 160 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Brown County stands out: it ranks #1 of 66 SD counties for number of farms and #2 of 66 SD counties for total farm sales.