HAMILTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Hamilton County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Broughton, Dahlgren and and Mc Leansboro. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Hamilton County by the Numbers

Hamilton County has 534 farms on 223,423 acres (about 418 acres each). Together they sold $143.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Beekeepers tend about 74 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Hamilton County already sell straight to the public, about $134,000 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 Hamilton County

Hamilton County farms and homesteads keep 2,810 head of cattle, 876 egg-laying hens and 212 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 850 people run or help run farms in Hamilton County, with an average age of 58. 27% of them are women. 102 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.