LAWRENCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lawrence County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Black Hills Stat, Deadwood and Spearfish Canyon. South Dakota favorites like sunflower seeds and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lawrence County by the Numbers

Lawrence County has 316 farms on 167,325 acres (about 530 acres each). Together they sold $20.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and aquaculture.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and plums, and local fields produce tomatoes, spinach, sweet corn and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 2,024 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Lawrence County already sell straight to the public, about $524,000 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 Lawrence County

Lawrence County farms and homesteads keep 23,073 head of cattle, 883 horses and ponies and 608 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 569 people run or help run farms in Lawrence County, with an average age of 61. 37% of them are women. 26 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 Lawrence County stands out: it ranks #2 of 42 SD counties for selling food straight to the public.