MARSHALL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Marshall County? Backyard growers and small farms around Camp Grove, Henry and Toluca list it here. 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 Marshall County by the Numbers

Marshall County has 491 farms on 206,667 acres (about 421 acres each). Together they sold $196.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 51 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Marshall County already sell straight to the public, about $1.6 million 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 Marshall County

Marshall County farms and homesteads keep 3,450 head of cattle, 700 egg-laying hens and 176 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 818 people run or help run farms in Marshall County, with an average age of 61. 27% of them are women. 61 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Marshall County stands out: it ranks #7 of 93 IL counties for selling food straight to the public.