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Accessing Farmland

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In spite of the uneven playing field that often leaves beginning farmers few opportunities to access land to farm, there are some innovative ways that beginning farmers are accessing land.  Check out a few of these examples:

  • Farm Transition Profile: The Making of a Successful Farm Owner 
  • Farm Transition Profile: From Crisis to Community
  • Farm Transition Profile: A Transition Power Team
  • Farm Transition Profile: Removing the Spectre of Speculation
  • Big River Farms
  • Midwest Farmers of Color Collective

Are you just beginning your journey to land access?  Here is a helpful toolkit to guide your journey: Farmland Access Financial Decision-Making Tool.

If you are pursuing financial management education (LSP’s Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson Courses are approved!) consider getting a tax credit through the Minnesota Beginning Farmer Tax Credit. Additionally, if you are planning to rent or buy land from an unrelated landowner, consider whether the Minnesota Beginning Farmer Tax Credit would be applicable to your situation. Details are here.

Recognizing the incredible barriers in the way of beginning farmers accessing land, here are some alternative pathways to accessing land:

  • Minnesota Commons — Agrarian Trust
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service easements
  • Land Return

Are you ready to find the land for your farm? Post an advertisement in LSP’s Seeking Farmers-Seeking Land Clearinghouse.

LSP has a number of education, training and networking opportunities for beginning farmers click here to find out more about these courses and workshops.

  • Ear to the Ground 227: From Crisis to Community

    https://landstewardshipproject.org/podcast-player/1997/ear-to-the-ground-227-from-crisis-to-community.mp3

    Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on June 6, 2019

    When a CAFO threatened a rural neighborhood, residents looked to a beginning farmer for a different vision of the future.

    Ear to the Ground 227: From Crisis to Community
  • Renting It Out Right: A Hilltop View of the Land’s Potential

    June 20, 2019

    When considering significant changes to the way one farms, there’s nothing like a couple acres of convincer, a template for the potential offered up by…

    Blog
    beef production, EQIP, farmland transition, grass, land access, landlords, NRCS, renting, retiring farmers, rotational grazing, soil health
    Renting It Out Right: A Hilltop View of the Land’s Potential
  • Ear to the Ground 202: Regenerative Renting

    https://landstewardshipproject.org/podcast-player/2040/ear-to-the-ground-202-regenerative-renting.mp3

    Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 23:30 | Recorded on February 12, 2018

    How landlords and farmers can work together to build and support long-term stewardship.

    Ear to the Ground 202: Regenerative Renting

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Karen Stettler, LSP farm transitions organizer, e-mail, 612-767-9885

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      • Farmland Clearinghouse
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      • Beginning/Retiring Farmer Tax Credit
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May 2022

Wednesday May 18

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
LSP Food Systems Virtual Listening Session
LSP Food Systems Virtual Listening Session
Wednesday May 18
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

The Land Stewardship Project will hold a virtual listening session on regional food systems. Register here.

Thursday May 19

5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
LSP Grazing Group Pasture Walk
LSP Grazing Group Pasture Walk
Thursday May 19
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

LSP will hold a Grazing Group Pasture Walk at Oak Creek Pastures in Ossian, Iowa. Sign-in for this free event begins at 4:45 p.m. Supper will be provided; suggested $3-$5 meal contribution.

Scott & Amanda Holthaus of Oak Creek Pastures are hosting a pasture walk for area graziers to show cattle grazing on crop-ground planted last fall to a diverse winter cover mix (rye, vetch, triticale, winter barley) and results of winter bale grazing on permanent pasture. There will be a discussion around fencing and watering considerations for maximizing grazing days.
 
Register at https://secure.everyaction.com/aYx1CibrAUaEu0XVPjqlIw2.

Friday May 20

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Farm Bill Listening Session for Retiring Farmers, Non-operating Landowners
Farm Bill Listening Session for Retiring Farmers, Non-operating Landowners
Friday May 20
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Join the Land Stewardship Project on Friday, May 20, from noon-1 p.m., for a virtual conversation with other retiring farmers and non-operating landowners to discuss how federal policy could better support your efforts to build a more just and resilient agricultural system. To register, click here.

Saturday May 21

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Farmer Fiesta at Whitewater State Park
Farmer Fiesta at Whitewater State Park
Saturday May 21
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Get to know other farmers and learn about conservation programs while enjoying a build-your-own taco bar with locally grown foods and ice cream served by the Winona County Dairy Princess. After supper, area farmer and soil conservationist Martin Larsen will share his experiences caving below the farm fields of southeastern Minnesota. Reserve a spot for this free Friends of Whitewater State Park event by e-mailing sara.holger@state.mn.us or calling 507-312-2308.

Tuesday May 24

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
LSP Food Systems In-Person Listening Session
LSP Food Systems In-Person Listening Session
Tuesday May 24
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

The Land Stewardship Project will be holding an in-person listening session on regional food systems in Montevideo, Minn. Register here.

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