FULTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Fulton County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Astoria, Avon and Dunfermline. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Illinois. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Fulton County by the Numbers

Fulton County has 1,157 farms on 435,773 acres (about 377 acres each). Together they sold $305.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, tomatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 528 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Fulton County already sell straight to the public, about $74,000 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 Fulton County

Fulton County farms and homesteads keep 70,815 hogs, 22,030 head of cattle and 2,835 egg-laying hens.

About 1,963 people run or help run farms in Fulton County, with an average age of 59. 27% of them are women. 121 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 47 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fulton County stands out: it ranks #8 of 97 IL counties for honey bee colonies and #11 of 102 IL counties for number of farms.