MACOUPIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Macoupin County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Atwater, Barr and Comer. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Illinois. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Macoupin County by the Numbers

Macoupin County has 1,235 farms on 458,695 acres (about 371 acres each). Together they sold $444 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and pears, and local fields produce lettuce, bell peppers, potatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 352 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Macoupin County already sell straight to the public, about $312,000 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 Macoupin County

Macoupin County farms and homesteads keep 91,797 hogs, 24,562 head of cattle and 2,357 egg-laying hens.

About 2,109 people run or help run farms in Macoupin County, with an average age of 58. 28% of them are women. 173 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.

Where Macoupin County stands out: it ranks #8 of 102 IL counties for number of farms and #14 of 97 IL counties for honey bee colonies.