MOODY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Colman, Egan and and Ward buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local honey 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 Moody County by the Numbers

Moody County has 413 farms on 216,019 acres (about 523 acres each). Together they sold $312.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and soybeans.

Local fields produce lettuce, chile peppers and bell peppers.

10 farms in Moody County already sell straight to the public, about $19,000 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 Moody County

Moody County farms and homesteads keep 68,508 hogs, 43,176 head of cattle and 1,295 sheep.

About 711 people run or help run farms in Moody County, with an average age of 56. 40% of them are women. 93 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Moody County stands out: it ranks #13 of 66 SD counties for total farm sales.