YANKTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Gayville, Irene and Volin buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Yankton County by the Numbers

Yankton County has 576 farms on 252,180 acres (about 438 acres each). Together they sold $139.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers and chile peppers.

10 farms in Yankton County already sell straight to the public, about $118,000 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 Yankton County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 35,951 head of cattle, 20,190 hogs and 2,218 egg-laying hens in Yankton County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,100 people run or help run farms in Yankton County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 93 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Yankton County stands out: it ranks #6 of 56 SD counties for egg-laying hens.