MCDONOUGH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Adair, Bardolph and Good Hope buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 McDonough County by the Numbers

McDonough County has 658 farms on 277,887 acres (about 422 acres each). Together they sold $278.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce carrots and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 131 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in McDonough County already sell straight to the public, about $115,000 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 McDonough County

McDonough County farms and homesteads keep 89,282 hogs, 10,196 head of cattle and 1,464 sheep.

About 1,162 people run or help run farms in McDonough County, with an average age of 58. 29% of them are women. 109 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.