MORGAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Morgan County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Arcadia, Chapin and Nortonville. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Morgan County by the Numbers

Morgan County has 753 farms on 283,082 acres (about 376 acres each). Together they sold $254.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, lettuce and onions. Beekeepers tend about 149 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Morgan County already sell straight to the public, about $342,000 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 Morgan County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 21,489 hogs, 7,208 head of cattle and 3,277 egg-laying hens in Morgan County.

About 1,320 people run or help run farms in Morgan County, with an average age of 60. 27% of them are women. 94 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.

Where Morgan County stands out: it ranks #16 of 90 IL counties for egg-laying hens.