SANBORN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Sanborn County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in South Dakota for Forestburg, Letcher and and Woonsocket. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Sanborn County by the Numbers

Sanborn County has 324 farms on 293,602 acres (about 906 acres each). Together they sold $109.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Local fields produce watermelons and cantaloupes.

5 farms in Sanborn County already sell straight to the public, about $2,000 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 Sanborn County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Sanborn County counts 34,027 head of cattle, 3,009 sheep and 433 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 584 people run or help run farms in Sanborn County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 68 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.