During yesterday’s otherwise excellent field day at the USDA’s soil conservation lab in Morris, the “S” word reared its ugly head. “S” as in our best farmland needs to be “sacrificed” in the name of food and fuel production, leaving room for only an odd corner here and there to provide a smattering of natural… Read More →
Dawit is working with a group and seeking a meat processing plant to rent or buy in or near Minneapolis/ St. Paul. They would be open to considering locations within 45 minutes to 1 hour outside the metro area. Read More →
Ryan is seeking 60 acres of ideally certified organic pasture to rent in Minnesota. Ryan is a young farmer trained in Holistic Land Management through the Savory Institute, and has a complete business plan built around Holistic Planned Grazing, using cattle as the primary tool to restore soil health and rebuild pasture over time. Currently… Read More →
CUMBERLAND, Iowa — Here in southwestern Iowa, it’s the season of the white torpedo. Once it seemed spring wasn’t fake news, pickup trucks began towing to winter-dormant fields tubular tanks of gaseous anhydrous ammonia fertilizer here and in the rest of the Corn Belt. These white cylinders are the harbingers of a new planting season… Read More →
I recently witnessed the return of life to Jordan and Rachelle Meyers’ fields, which are transitioning from giant ragweed and thistles into soil-building plants such as chicory, red clover, and wild bergamot. During the past few years, the family, which farms in southeastern Minnesota’s Houston County, has used hard work and attention to the soil… Read More →
One day in 2014, a man stopped by Bill and Bonnie McMillin’s farm tucked away in the hills of southeastern Minnesota’s Wabasha County and offered to pay cash for all 160 acres, lock, stock and barrel. Such an offer can be tempting. After all, Bill and Bonnie had worked hard over the previous few decades… Read More →
With a single phrase, we can put conservation to work on rented land. And that would have a major impact from a landscape point of view: more than half the crops in Minnesota and Iowa alone are produced on rented acres, and every one of them could be saving soil, water, habitat and money with… Read More →
Ready for the Next Step (part 1) Jon Kaiser is less than a year away from paying off his Farm Beginnings livestock loan. He smiles when he says this, because it means he’s just a little bit closer to making farming more than just a fantasy. “I’m surprised I’ve come this far,” says the 35-year-old… Read More →
Bradley is seeking three acres of pasture and tillable farmland with water access in Minnesota. No housing is necessary. Available 1/1/27. Read More →
Lauren is seeking 10 acres (pasture and tillable) of farmland in Wisconsin in Rusk County. A house on the property would be nice but not necessary depending on location. Read More →
