JERAULD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Jerauld County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in South Dakota for Alpena, Lane and and Wessington Sprin. Watch for local sunflower seeds when it comes into season in South Dakota. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Jerauld County by the Numbers

Jerauld County has 210 farms on 312,961 acres (about 1,490 acres each). Together they sold $143.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

1 farms in Jerauld 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 Jerauld County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jerauld County counts 37,930 head of cattle, 996 sheep and 170 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 390 people run or help run farms in Jerauld County, with an average age of 58. 26% of them are women. 3 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.