CLAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Clay County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Illinois for Bible Grove, Clay City and and Xenia. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Illinois. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Clay County by the Numbers

Clay County has 671 farms on 227,457 acres (about 339 acres each). Together they sold $168.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce green beans, squash, potatoes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 136 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Clay County already sell straight to the public, about $34,000 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 Clay County

Clay County farms and homesteads keep 97,699 hogs, 4,313 head of cattle and 529 egg-laying hens.

About 1,073 people run or help run farms in Clay County, with an average age of 58. 28% of them are women. 100 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.