River Bend Farm Marengo Illinois

06/04/2026

Who wants eggs?! Running a sale, buy 2 get 1 dz free. $5/dz.

06/01/2026

🚜 Let’s talk about the true cost of making hay. 🌾

Every year, we put our hearts, sweat, and long hours into producing high-quality grass/alfalfa mix hay right here in Northern Illinois. But balancing the books on a farm is a steep hill to climb.

Break open the numbers for a standard small square bale, and here is what it takes:💰 $3.74 per bale — This is just the bare-minimum baseline to physically make the hay. It covers seed, fertilizer, fuel, twine, and keeping the equipment running.

But that $3.74 doesn't factor in:

-Hours of intense physical labor in the summer heat ☀️

-Dodgeing random Midwest rainstorms 🌧️

-High machinery replacement costs ⚙️

-Land taxes and storage space 🏠

When you add up the actual overhead, selling premium mix hay for anything less than $6.00 a bale means operating at a loss. To keep our farm viable and ensure your animals continue getting top-tier nutrition, we have to price fairly according to our real inputs.

We appreciate our community and local buyers who understand what it takes to keep local agriculture alive and rolling! Thank you for supporting our farm. 🧑‍🌾❤️

05/27/2026

2026 Hay season has officially begun! We have a few more fields to do in order to finish 1st cut.

If anybody is interested in helping please let us know and it will be greatly appreciated.

05/26/2026

Anyone interested in coming to help us bale hay on Saturday? I promise, you wont need to go to the gym.

05/15/2026

What kind of non edible things would you buy at a farm stand?

05/12/2026

20 dozen eggs available. $5.00/dz. Please message for pick up, we will have a farm stand soon.

05/12/2026

Bing cherry tree planted.

05/10/2026

05/08/2026

Eggs for sale. $5/dz. Please private message for pick up until we have our farm stand ready.

05/05/2026

Rooster still needs a new home! Hes free! Please come get him!