WALWORTH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Akaska, Glenham and and Selby buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in South Dakota. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Walworth County by the Numbers

Walworth County has 258 farms on 444,144 acres (about 1,721 acres each). Together they sold $137.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

3 farms in Walworth County already sell straight to the public, about $16,000 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 Walworth County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Walworth County counts 31,201 head of cattle, 398 sheep and 348 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 508 people run or help run farms in Walworth County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 51 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.