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South Dakota Locavore Overview

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 The 2007 USDA Farm Census reported that South Dakota had approximately 31,169 farms and the average number of acres per farm was 1,401. Of those farms, 141 showed that they raised vegetables for sale, there were 113 orchards, 97 organic farms and 102 CSAs in the state.

Synopsis of 2007 USDA Ag census for South Dakota

Classification
Number of farms within the State
Top five counties with the greatest number of farms in each type of classification
Farms with Vegetables harvested for sale
141
 Sanborn Brookings Butte Clay Minnehaha
Number of Orchards
113
 Minnehaha Brookings Lawrence Roberts Turner
Sweet Corn
66
 Minnehaha Lawrence Beadle Brookings Butte
Potatoes
45
 Brookings Roberts Clay Deuel Hutchinson
Tomatoes
63
 Minnehaha Pennington Clay Roberts Brookings
Apples
60
 Minnehaha Brookings Roberts Yankton Lawrence
Peaches
5
 Turner Yankton Minnehaha - -
Cantaloupe
20
 Sanborn Davison Lawrence Charles Mix Grant
Watermelon
49
 Sanborn Roberts Butte Minnehaha Codington
Strawberries
8
 Brookings Lawrence Tripp Grant Yankton
Blueberries
2
 Grant Lawrence - - -
Raspberries
11
 Minnehaha Roberts Yankton Brookings Deuel
Blackberries and Dewberries
1
 Yankton - - - -
Poultry and egg production
274
 Minnehaha Brown Meade Custer Kingsbury
Dairy cattle and milk production
348
 Brookings Grant Codington Deuel Gregory
Beef and Cattle ranches
9031
 Meade Pennington Perkins Tripp Butte
Bison
112
 Custer Harding Gregory Pennington Spink
Aquaculture or other animal production
2094
 Meade Minnehaha Pennington Fall River Custer
Farms that collect Honey
117
 Charles Mix Kingsbury Tripp Brookings Butte