MINER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Miner County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in South Dakota for Canova, Carthage and and Roswell. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Miner County by the Numbers

Miner County has 408 farms on 317,295 acres (about 778 acres each). Together they sold $155.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Miner County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 36,086 head of cattle, 3,330 sheep and 290 goats in Miner County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 810 people run or help run farms in Miner County, with an average age of 59. 24% of them are women. 69 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.