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Seeking Farmland to Buy: Iowa

AmandaJo is seeking to buy tillable, pasture and forested acres in Iowa.  No housing is necessary, ready by 5/1/25.

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Wisconsin

Stephan is seeking 10 acres  (a combination of pasture, tillable and forested) in Wisconsin.  Housing is necessary.  Fencing and an additional outbuilding would be preferred but not necessary.  Stephan is ready for this opportunity 2/28/25.

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Ohio

Aravindu is seeking tillable land in Ohio to buy.  No housing is needed.  Aravindu would be ready for land 12/31/24.

No. 1, 2024, Land Stewardship Letter

• An online version of the Land Stewardship Letter is here. • A downloadable pdf version is here. • Downloadable pdf back issues of the Land Stewardship Letter are here. • Interactive online back issues of the Land Stewardship Letter are here. • Paper copies are available by contacting Brian DeVore at 612-816-9342 or via e-mail. Table of Contents Stewardship…  Read More

A Sense of Where You Are

11 Examples of Viewing Farms in Context (Part 1 in a Series)

Note: This is the 1st installment in the 12-part “A Sense of Where You Are” series.  On a sunny day in June, hundreds of ewes make their way through a narrow grazing paddock, flowing along the contours of a Driftless Area hill in southeastern Minnesota like a woolly river. Later in the growing season, a…  Read More

A Sense of Where You Are: Against the Grain

Part 12 in a Series

Note: This is the 12th installment in the 12-part “A Sense of Where You Are” series.  In case Allen and Kathleen Deutz need a reminder of one of the main reasons corn dominates the landscape in their part of southwestern Minnesota, they need to look no further than the massive Archer-Daniels-Midland ethanol plant that rises to…  Read More

The Grass Master’s Apprentice

An Innovative Farming System Requires Innovative Training One sign that you’re a solid employee is that the boss hates the idea of you walking out the door, never to return. So let’s consider the case of Ryan Heinen, who has worked on the west-central Minnesota dairy farm of Nate and Angie Walter for the past…  Read More

Shifting the Story About Family Farming & Food

There is a widely-circulated public story, or narrative, that growing enough food for the world’s future population will require doubling production by relying on technologies such as nitrogen fertilizer and pesticides tied to traits in genetically modified crops. The narrative is that family farmers, consumers and governments must rely on corporate-controlled technology from multi-national agricultural…  Read More