KINGSBURY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Kingsbury County? Backyard growers and small farms around Arlington, Badger and Iroquois list it here. 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 Kingsbury County by the Numbers

Kingsbury County has 459 farms on 419,877 acres (about 915 acres each). Together they sold $273.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 1,729 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Kingsbury County already sell straight to the public, about $92,000 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 Kingsbury County

Kingsbury County farms and homesteads keep 41,870 head of cattle, 5,459 sheep and 496 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 793 people run or help run farms in Kingsbury County, with an average age of 57. 28% of them are women. 109 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.