Ear to the Ground 182: Cover, Cattle, Clean Water
How rotational grazing on one farm is improving profits, wildlife habitat and community relations.
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Feed the Plant, Starve the Soil
There are lots of reminders out there that we have a long ways to go before building soil health becomes a mainstay of our food and farming system. Some reminders are subtle, while others are about as blunt as a baseball bat to the head. A reminder of the latter variety is featured in the… Read More →
Ear to the Ground 171: Pasque Providers
Using conservation grazing to revitalize a prairie.
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An LSP-sponsored ‘BioBlitz’ in Minnesota’s Simon Lake area provides a kick-start for utilizing grazing to revitalize natural habitat.
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Using conservation grazing to keep wildlife refuges, prairies and other natural areas healthy.
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How farmers are improving trout streams with grazing.
LSP Mourns the Loss of Farmer-Leader Dan Specht
The Land Stewardship Project, sustainable agriculture and family farming lost a true friend this week when Dan Specht was killed in a tragic farm accident. He was 63. (See obituary here.) Dan, who farmed above the banks of the Mississippi River near McGregor, in northeast Iowa, had been a pioneer in innovative, sustainable farming methods… Read More →
Seeking Farmland to Rent: Minnesota, Wisconsin
Andi is seeking to rent 20 acres (tillable, pasture, forest) in Minnesota or western WI with a house. Ideally there would be a barn or shed for livestock (goats, pigs and ducks) and/or tool storage. Some fencing and water infrastructure for livestock would be a great plus. Andi is looking to start a small scale… Read More →
Kernza
Kernza is a form of intermediate wheatgrass, a distant cousin of wheat that was introduced to this country over a century ago as a forage crop. Over the years, groups like the The Land Institute have been working with the University of Minnesota’s Forever Green Initiative to develop a line of Kernza that can produce… Read More →
Land Line: Senate Budget Bill, Who Owns Land?, Nitrates, Conservation Cuts, Immigration, Drought When Wet, Judging Soil, Sea of Grass
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Clears Senate, Sending it Back to House (7/1/25) Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 tie in the U.S. Senate today to pass President Donald Trump’s centerpiece legislation on tax cuts and spending, the 940-page “One Big Beautiful Bill,” reports Oklahoma Farm Report. In order to pay for spending on… Read More →