PUTNAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Putnam County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Granville, Hennepin and Putnam. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Putnam County by the Numbers

Putnam County has 166 farms on 51,822 acres (about 312 acres each). Together they sold $58.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Beekeepers tend about 68 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Putnam County already sell straight to the public, about $7,000 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 Putnam County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 356 egg-laying hens and 21 horses and ponies in Putnam County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 348 people run or help run farms in Putnam County, with an average age of 56. 24% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.