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MPCA Needs to Set the Right Precedent for this Unprecedented CAFO

Tell the MPCA by May 7 that Industrial-Scale Projects Need Industrial-Scale Review

March 2, 2026

Minnesota’s largest dairy producer has applied to build the first livestock operation in the state to hold over 20,000 animal units. If built, the concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) will hold 18,855 dairy cattle, bringing the total animal units to 26,397 in one facility. This proposed operation is the first of its size in Minnesota.…  Read More →

As Avian Flu Reemerges in Minnesota, White Paper Asks: Are Factory Farms the Victims or the Vectors?

LSP Report Examines Latest Research into the Development of Highly Pathogenic Influenza & Calls for a More Resilient Approach to Farming

September 25, 2025

LEWISTON, Minn. — Last week’s announcement that a deadly strain of avian influenza has reemerged in Minnesota raises renewed questions about the role large, industrialized poultry operations play in propagating this disease, say authors of a new white paper published by the Land Stewardship Project (LSP). “Big Bird. Big Problem: How the Poultry Industry is…  Read More →

A Report from Wisconsin’s Sand Counties

By Johanna Rupprecht
June 26, 2013

In late May, I traveled to western Wisconsin’s Chippewa and Barron counties to see frac sand mining and processing sites firsthand. I particularly wanted to see the EOG processing plant in Chippewa Falls — one of the largest of its kind in existence — because last year, a company called Minnesota Proppant proposed an even…  Read More →

Seeking Farmland to Rent or Buy: Minnesota

Brit is seeking 50 acres (pasture, forest, other) in Minnesota.  Brit’s multigenerational family is preparing to relocate from Virginia to rural Minnesota this fall and is looking for 50+ acres to homestead and develop into a small very rustic spiritual retreat and homeschool co-op gathering place. They are looking for mostly wooded, usable acreage with…  Read More →

Farm Transitions Profile: The Making of a Successful Farm Owner

When Timing is Everything, Sometimes it Pays to Manipulate the Calendar

By Brian DeVore
August 24, 2021

Harvey Benson had a simple transition plan for the farm that had been in his family since the late 1860s: he would continue living on those 160 acres until he died, and then it would be passed on to his partner, Bonita Underbakke. In fact, when people ask him if he’s lived on the farm…  Read More →

LSP Calls for Full Environmental Review of Unprecedented CAFO Proposal in West-Central MN

Riverview Expansion Would be Nearly Double the Size of Any Existing State Livestock Operation; MPCA Comments Due by May 7

March 9, 2026

MORRIS, Minn. — The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) is calling for a thorough environmental review of an unprecedented proposal that would create the largest livestock operation in the state. Riverview, LLP is proposing to expand an existing concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) in Stevens County to 18,855 dairy cattle, resulting in 26,397 animal units housed…  Read More →

Land Line: Riverview, Community Foods, State Farm Bills, Avian Flu, Nitrogen Fertilizer, Glyphosate & Cancer, MCOOL

By Brian DeVore (editor)
March 22, 2026

Proposed Dairy in Morris Would Become Minnesota’s Largest Feedlot (3/16/26) The Minnesota Star Tribune reports on a proposal to create the largest livestock operation in Minnesota. Highlights: Riverview LLP, the state’s largest milk producer, has applied for permits to build the single largest dairy and feedlot in the state’s history by expanding one of its…  Read More →

Environmental Review & ‘Real Ag’

By Brian DeVore
February 13, 2015

When Renville County dairy farmer James Kanne addressed a Minnesota Senate hearing on environmental review Jan. 29, he made it clear that size does matter when it comes to assessing the impact of an agricultural operation on the land and community. “If you have 50 cows in one spot, they have a small impact,” Kanne…  Read More →