Editing Malta, Illinois (section)

==Business==
Malta has no large businesses.  Most are small operations.  Farming and the agriculture industry surround the town.  Primary crops are corn and soybeans.  Hog confinement operations are near the village within rural Malta Township.  A bank, gas station/convenience store, excavating company, grain elevator, apple orchard, small restaurant, a few auto repair facilities, post office, a photographer, a plumbing company, and an auctioneering company make up the businesses in or near the village.  A few individuals in the vicinity have their own businesses that involve carpentry, plumbing, landscaping, and animal control.