DAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Andover, Butler and Roslyn 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 Day County by the Numbers

Day County has 584 farms on 477,100 acres (about 817 acres each). Together they sold $194.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Local fields produce garlic. Beekeepers tend about 3,848 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Day County already sell straight to the public, about $24,000 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 Day County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Day County counts 23,951 head of cattle, 2,024 hogs and 446 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,105 people run or help run farms in Day County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 94 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Day County stands out: it ranks #5 of 29 SD counties for honey bee colonies and #14 of 66 SD counties for number of farms.