MACON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Macon County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Decatur, Bearsdale and Elwin. Illinois favorites like apples and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Macon County by the Numbers

Macon County has 570 farms on 259,085 acres (about 455 acres each). Together they sold $291.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, green beans, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 85 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Macon County already sell straight to the public, about $89,000 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 Macon County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,036 head of cattle, 688 egg-laying hens and 151 horses and ponies in Macon County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 959 people run or help run farms in Macon County, with an average age of 59. 29% of them are women. 81 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.