My name is Curt Tvedt and I am a farmer near Byron, Minn. I am currently farming 200 acres, 120 of which are part of the original homestead that my great-grandfather settled in 1854. I retired from dairy farming 10 years ago, and I currently raise hay and soybeans, as well as do bale wrapping… Read More →
Using conservation grazing to revitalize a prairie.
How a Farm Beginnings field day makes everyone a “consultant.”
A livestock/crop farmer lends out an “odd corner” on his property as a launching pad for a beginning vegetable operation.
Rural residents and naturalists “BioBlitz” grassland and learn about its relationship to clean water and vibrant communities.
Farm Beginnings grads achieve a series of “micro-goals” in service of the bigger picture: a successful livestock enterprise.
A farmer works with a professor and her students at a local college to study the impacts of cropping on soil health.
I’ve been watching with great concern the outbreak of H5N2 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Minnesota turkey confinements. As of today, nine facilities in the state have been affected, including in Lac Qui Parle County, which borders Big Stone, where we live. I raise what the Minnesota Department of Agriculture refers to as a “backyard… Read More →
LSP farmer-members honor Wendell Berry with an evening of readings.
Farmers, seed dealers and meat firms come together at an LSP meeting to talk about the non-GMO crop market.
