ROCK ISLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Rock Island County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Andalusia, Barstow and East Moline. 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 Rock Island County by the Numbers

Rock Island County has 571 farms on 144,843 acres (about 254 acres each). Together they sold $139.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, green beans, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 151 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Rock Island County already sell straight to the public, about $133,000 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 Rock Island County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 35,961 hogs, 6,764 head of cattle and 1,210 egg-laying hens in Rock Island County.

About 1,030 people run or help run farms in Rock Island County, with an average age of 59. 30% of them are women. 76 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 Rock Island County stands out: it ranks #5 of 94 IL counties for goats.