LAKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Chester to Wentworth, Lake County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local sweet corn 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 Lake County by the Numbers

Lake County has 428 farms on 213,574 acres (about 499 acres each). Together they sold $219.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 255 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Lake 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 Lake County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 92,699 hogs, 28,139 head of cattle and 2,518 sheep in Lake County.

About 703 people run or help run farms in Lake County, with an average age of 56. 30% of them are women. 84 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.