PIKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Barry to Kinderhook, Pike County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Illinois. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pike County by the Numbers

Pike County has 1,018 farms on 481,175 acres (about 473 acres each). Together they sold $353.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Beekeepers tend about 44 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Pike County already sell straight to the public, about $26,000 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 Pike County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 283,635 hogs, 11,718 head of cattle and 639 egg-laying hens in Pike County.

About 1,712 people run or help run farms in Pike County, with an average age of 61. 25% of them are women. 124 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 48 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pike County stands out: it ranks #15 of 102 IL counties for number of farms.