WARREN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Warren County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Alexis, Berwick and Little York. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Illinois. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Warren County by the Numbers

Warren County has 660 farms on 279,691 acres (about 424 acres each). Together they sold $304 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 44 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Warren County already sell straight to the public, about $71,000 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 Warren County

Warren County farms and homesteads keep 49,041 hogs, 16,219 head of cattle and 1,530 egg-laying hens.

About 1,133 people run or help run farms in Warren County, with an average age of 58. 28% of them are women. 109 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Warren County stands out: it ranks #19 of 94 IL counties for goats.