BUTTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Belle Fourche, Fruitdale and and Vale buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Butte County by the Numbers

Butte County has 579 farms on 1,348,702 acres (about 2,329 acres each). Together they sold $92.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sheep & goats.

Local fields produce pumpkins, spinach, chile peppers and fresh herbs.

13 farms in Butte County already sell straight to the public, about $126,000 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 Butte County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Butte County counts 82,012 head of cattle, 38,261 sheep and 2,250 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,063 people run or help run farms in Butte County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 121 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.