KNOX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Knox County? Backyard growers and small farms around Abingdon, Altona and Gilson list it here. 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 Knox County by the Numbers

Knox County has 984 farms on 440,387 acres (about 448 acres each). Together they sold $460.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, beets, asparagus and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 252 honey bee colonies.

29 farms in Knox County already sell straight to the public, about $159,000 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 Knox County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 102,199 hogs, 24,407 head of cattle and 1,335 egg-laying hens in Knox County.

About 1,789 people run or help run farms in Knox County, with an average age of 58. 27% of them are women. 141 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 21 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Knox County stands out: it ranks #11 of 102 IL counties for total farm sales.