MINNEHAHA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Sioux Falls to Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. South Dakota favorites like sweet corn and pumpkins show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Minnehaha County by the Numbers

Minnehaha County has 995 farms on 325,498 acres (about 327 acres each). Together they sold $391.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 367 honey bee colonies.

32 farms in Minnehaha County already sell straight to the public, about $340,000 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 Minnehaha County

Minnehaha County farms and homesteads keep 73,035 head of cattle, 32,361 hogs and 2,074 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,730 people run or help run farms in Minnehaha County, with an average age of 56. 33% of them are women. 182 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.

Where Minnehaha County stands out: it ranks #2 of 66 SD counties for number of farms and #4 of 66 SD counties for total farm sales.