PERKINS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Perkins County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bison, Lemmon and and Shadehill list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Perkins County by the Numbers

Perkins County has 404 farms on 1,831,580 acres (about 4,534 acres each). Together they sold $116.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and corn.

1 farms in Perkins County already sell straight to the public. 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 Perkins County

Perkins County farms and homesteads keep 105,283 head of cattle, 7,982 sheep and 1,433 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 798 people run or help run farms in Perkins County, with an average age of 56. 36% of them are women. 79 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.