SPINK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Athol to Redfield, Spink 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 Spink County by the Numbers

Spink County has 589 farms on 882,273 acres (about 1,498 acres each). Together they sold $551.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 96 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Spink County already sell straight to the public, about $30,000 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 Spink County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 81,804 turkeys, 76,093 head of cattle and 47,063 hogs in Spink County.

About 1,093 people run or help run farms in Spink County, with an average age of 58. 30% of them are women. 106 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Spink County stands out: it ranks #1 of 66 SD counties for total farm sales and #12 of 66 SD counties for number of farms.