DEUEL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Deuel County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in South Dakota for Altamont, Astoria and and Toronto. South Dakota favorites like sunflower seeds and honey show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Deuel County by the Numbers

Deuel County has 498 farms on 253,106 acres (about 508 acres each). Together they sold $232.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and dairy (milk).

5 farms in Deuel County already sell straight to the public, about $79,000 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 Deuel County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Deuel County counts 58,355 head of cattle, 2,139 sheep and 671 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 864 people run or help run farms in Deuel County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 97 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.