HENRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Henry County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Alpha, Andover and Cambridge. 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 Henry County by the Numbers

Henry County has 1,270 farms on 449,705 acres (about 354 acres each). Together they sold $508 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and plums, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 352 honey bee colonies.

30 farms in Henry County already sell straight to the public, about $178,000 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 Henry County

Henry County farms and homesteads keep 63,284 hogs, 15,392 head of cattle and 2,113 sheep.

About 2,119 people run or help run farms in Henry County, with an average age of 60. 27% of them are women. 182 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Henry County stands out: it ranks #7 of 102 IL counties for number of farms and #9 of 102 IL counties for total farm sales.