HAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Hand County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Miller, Orient and and Saint Lawrence. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Hand County by the Numbers

Hand County has 399 farms on 913,410 acres (about 2,289 acres each). Together they sold $345.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Hand County

Hand County farms and homesteads keep 91,822 head of cattle, 1,534 sheep and 378 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 774 people run or help run farms in Hand County, with an average age of 56. 26% of them are women. 79 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hand County stands out: it ranks #10 of 66 SD counties for total farm sales.