MASSAC COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Massac County? Backyard growers and small farms around Joppa, Metropolis and and New Liberty list it here. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Illinois. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Massac County by the Numbers

Massac County has 350 farms on 127,131 acres (about 363 acres each). Together they sold $70.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 84 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Massac County already sell straight to the public, about $290,000 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 Massac County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 7,243 head of cattle, 314 horses and ponies and 312 sheep in Massac County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 568 people run or help run farms in Massac County, with an average age of 60. 28% of them are women. 31 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.