WAYNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Barnhill, Cisne and Golden Gate buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Illinois. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wayne County by the Numbers

Wayne County has 901 farms on 302,602 acres (about 336 acres each). Together they sold $272.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 569 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Wayne County already sell straight to the public, about $39,000 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 Wayne County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wayne County counts 282,320 turkeys, 92,239 hogs and 9,346 head of cattle.

About 1,475 people run or help run farms in Wayne County, with an average age of 60. 28% of them are women. 121 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wayne County stands out: it ranks #6 of 94 IL counties for goats and #7 of 97 IL counties for honey bee colonies.