GRANT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Grant County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Albee, Big Stone City and Ortley. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Grant County by the Numbers

Grant County has 574 farms on 387,088 acres (about 674 acres each). Together they sold $328.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and cattle.

Local fields produce pumpkins.

4 farms in Grant County already sell straight to the public, about $26,000 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 Grant County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Grant County counts 74,602 head of cattle, 24,920 hogs and 1,704 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 994 people run or help run farms in Grant County, with an average age of 57. 27% of them are women. 131 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.

Where Grant County stands out: it ranks #12 of 66 SD counties for total farm sales and #12 of 56 SD counties for egg-laying hens.