PERRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Perry County? Backyard growers and small farms around Cutler, Du Quoin and and Willisville list it here. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Illinois. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Perry County by the Numbers

Perry County has 479 farms on 174,088 acres (about 363 acres each). Together they sold $110.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 156 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Perry County already sell straight to the public, about $67,000 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 Perry County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Perry County counts 6,040 head of cattle, 518 egg-laying hens and 350 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 819 people run or help run farms in Perry County, with an average age of 59. 26% of them are women. 66 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.