EFFINGHAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Effingham County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Altamont, Beecher City and Mason. Illinois favorites like honey and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Effingham County by the Numbers

Effingham County has 1,224 farms on 281,772 acres (about 230 acres each). Together they sold $298.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 40 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Effingham County already sell straight to the public, about $38,000 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 Effingham County

Effingham County farms and homesteads keep 147,969 hogs, 27,223 head of cattle and 1,624 sheep.

About 2,058 people run or help run farms in Effingham County, with an average age of 57. 27% of them are women. 215 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Effingham County stands out: it ranks #9 of 102 IL counties for number of farms and #11 of 94 IL counties for goats.