HANSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Hanson County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Emery, Farmer and and Fulton. 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 Hanson County by the Numbers

Hanson County has 311 farms on 230,060 acres (about 740 acres each). Together they sold $140.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Beekeepers tend about 96 honey bee colonies.

1 farms in Hanson County already sell straight to the public. 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 Hanson County

Hanson County farms and homesteads keep 77,410 turkeys, 76,816 hogs and 20,056 head of cattle.

About 611 people run or help run farms in Hanson County, with an average age of 57. 30% of them are women. 50 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Hanson County stands out: it ranks #9 of 56 SD counties for egg-laying hens.