CASS COUNTY MARKET

Cass County, Illinois Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Cass County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Arenzville, Beardstown and and Panther Creek. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Cass County by the Numbers

Cass County has 395 farms on 156,808 acres (about 397 acres each). Together they sold $156.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce tomatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 60 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Cass County already sell straight to the public, about $12,000 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 Cass County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cass County counts 70,722 hogs, 2,826 head of cattle and 214 goats.

About 629 people run or help run farms in Cass County, with an average age of 61. 26% of them are women. 47 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.