TAZEWELL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Armington, Deer Creek and Groveland buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Illinois. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Tazewell County by the Numbers

Tazewell County has 869 farms on 344,083 acres (about 396 acres each). Together they sold $377.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, green beans, sweet corn and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 194 honey bee colonies.

51 farms in Tazewell County already sell straight to the public, about $1.4 million 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 Tazewell County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 51,691 hogs, 7,096 head of cattle and 4,189 egg-laying hens in Tazewell County.

About 1,439 people run or help run farms in Tazewell County, with an average age of 59. 25% of them are women. 118 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Tazewell County stands out: it ranks #9 of 93 IL counties for selling food straight to the public and #13 of 90 IL counties for egg-laying hens.