WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Ashley, Du Bois and Oakdale buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 635 farms on 326,641 acres (about 514 acres each). Together they sold $364 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 76 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Washington 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 Washington County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Washington County counts 133,408 hogs, 15,156 head of cattle and 803 egg-laying hens.

About 1,056 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 58. 23% of them are women. 86 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.