PENNINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Pennington County? Backyard growers and small farms around Box Elder, Caputa and Keystone list it here. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in South Dakota. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pennington County by the Numbers

Pennington County has 650 farms on 1,166,970 acres (about 1,795 acres each). Together they sold $84.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears and plums, and local fields produce horseradish. Beekeepers tend about 262 honey bee colonies.

48 farms in Pennington County already sell straight to the public, about $343,000 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 Pennington County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pennington County counts 62,931 head of cattle, 2,880 egg-laying hens and 1,772 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,238 people run or help run farms in Pennington County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 81 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 27 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pennington County stands out: it ranks #4 of 56 SD counties for egg-laying hens and #5 of 42 SD counties for selling food straight to the public.