WABASH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Wabash County? Backyard growers and small farms around Allendale, Bellmont and and Mount Carmel list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Wabash County by the Numbers

Wabash County has 177 farms on 118,306 acres (about 668 acres each). Together they sold $86 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Beekeepers tend about 229 honey bee colonies.

1 farms in Wabash County already sell straight to the public. 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 Wabash County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,279 head of cattle and 217 egg-laying hens in Wabash County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 316 people run or help run farms in Wabash County, with an average age of 57. 24% of them are women. 35 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.