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MN Farmers Travel to DC to Talk Trade, Farm Crisis

Proposed NAFTA Replacement Benefits Corporate Ag at the Expense of Family Farmers WASHINGTON, D.C. — Farm country is in the midst of a crisis and a proposed trade deal poses the risk of making things even worse. That was one of the key messages Minnesota farmers took to Washington, D.C., earlier this month during meetings…  Read More

The King of Cover Cropping

An Indiana initiative has made the state a national leader in getting continuous living cover established on crop acres. Can it change the way farmers view soil? Michael Werling is, literally, a card-carrying connoisseur of soil health. “I call it, ‘My ticket to a farm tour,’ ” says the northeastern Indiana crop producer, showing off…  Read More

Lake Superior Farm Beginnings: Helping Keep ‘A Lion on a Leash’

Five years into her farming career, Janna Goerdt has learned a lot about how to use sweat equity to coax the most production out of the soils of Fat Chicken Farm near Embarrass. But the 40-year-old former journalist has also gotten savvy about how to set some sustainable limits on both her farm and herself.…  Read More

Rolling Our Land to Death

I sat in a farmhouse one afternoon last month as a hot wind lifted rich topsoil from surrounding fields. On the drive in, I’d noticed a surprising amount of rill erosion on newly tilled cropland—surprising because recent rains had not been all that intense and the fields were not unusually steep. Out of the blue…  Read More

Staring Down Doubts

How Valerie Hsu Saw Livestock as Part of Her Farm Dream

2025-2026 Farm Beginnings Class LSP is now accepting applications for its 2025-2026 Farm Beginnings class session. For details, click here. ♦ ♦ ♦ This is a story about how traffic jams aren’t all bad, the powerful draw of regenerative agriculture, an MBA project, and how one woman living in the suburbs got over imposter’s syndrome,…  Read More

Land Line: Greenwashing Manure, Climate & Organics, Graziers Needed, Black Farmers, Rural Health Crisis

Jan. 7: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities As the Livestock Industry Touts Manure-to-Energy Projects, Environmentalists Cry ‘Greenwashing’ (12/7/21) Inside Climate News reports that as utilities, oil companies, and livestock companies pitch biogas (turning manure into energy) as an emissions-reducing solution, critics say it simply locks in systems that allow two…  Read More

Seeking Internship: Minnesota (West Central)

Brittany is seeking an internship near Fergus Falls, MN, Ottertail County.  She is a beginner without much knowledge but an eagerness to learn.  The ideal fit would be a 3-month internship where Brittany provides free labor.  She would be willing to travel in a 20 mile range.  If there are housing options available she would…  Read More

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Minnesota, Wisconsin

Kevin is seeking farmland to buy in western WI or eastern MN.  He and his family have spent years growing their farm, caring for the land and that land has grown their family.  They have a very diversified farm operation including crops, vegetables and livestock.  At this time Kevin’s family is in need to find…  Read More

Seeking Farmland to Rent or Buy: Minnesota

Cameran is seeking an acre of land to rent or buy in MN.  Cameran is interested in planting and managing perennial plants to support habitat and sell products (herbs, seeds, cuttings, fruit, berries, roots).  A small shed would be nice but not necessary.  No housing is needed and Cameran would be interested 4/1/25.