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Land Line: Soil Health, Hunger, Govt. Accountability, Ag Recession, Slaughterhouse Speeds, Checkoffs

By Brian DeVore
April 1, 2025

Improving Soil Health Not Just Feel-Good Endeavor (4/1/25) Indiana Prairie Farmer describes how Rodney Rulon’s 30-year soil health journey utilizing no-till and cover cropping is paying dividends not just environmentally, but economically as well. Highlights: The National Association of Conservation Districts and the Soil Health Institute performed a budget analysis on 29 farms across the…  Read More →

Stages of Learning in Farming: Stage 3–Becoming the Expert

By Brian Petersen
March 4, 2016

By season 10 or before, you may be able to quit your day job if that is your goal. You have developed a playbook for your farm. Many farm families have off-farm income and that is okay. If you want to farm full time you will need a plan to do so. How much income…  Read More →

2023 Minnesota Legislative Session Wrap-Up 

Historic Wins for Sustainable & Regenerative Ag, Small & Mid-sized Farmers & Rural Communities 

By Laura Schreiber & Amanda Koehler 
May 25, 2023

During the recently concluded session of the Minnesota Legislature, Land Stewardship Project members and partners worked to win record investments in sustainable and regenerative agriculture, small and mid-sized farmers, and rural communities after decades of underfunding. We won a MinnesotaCare Public Option, as well as historic investments in the Emerging Farmers Office at the Minnesota…  Read More →

The Story Behind LSP’s Soil Health & Climate Campaign

From Inception to Winning $5.35 Million in State Soil Health Dollars & Beyond

By Amanda Koehler
June 24, 2021

Land Stewardship Project members believe that the kind of agricultural system and democracy we have is up to us. Our members are the experts when it comes to their communities and farms and, together, we can and must make regenerative agriculture the norm, rather than the exception. We believe our public institutions exist to serve the…  Read More →

LSP Announces 2020 Soil Health Farmer-to-Farmer Consultants

January 15, 2020

LEWISTON, Minn. — Eleven skilled southeastern Minnesota farmers devoted to soil health have been named as farmer-to-farmer consultants for 2020 by the Land Stewardship Project. With a growing number of Midwestern crop and livestock farmers interested in maximizing soil health, there is an important need for farmers to be able to connect with other farmers…  Read More →

LSP’s Farmer Network: A Voice at the Other End of the Line

By Brian DeVore
November 21, 2012

The call came in the night. On the end of the line was the panicked voice of Tyler Carlson, a 26-year-old beginning farmer who was starting a grazing operation in west-central Minnesota. It seems that while making a long-distance move of the cowherd he had just purchased a few days before, a baby calf had…  Read More →

Crop Insurance: A Safety Net Becomes a Threat

By Brian DeVore
April 12, 2012

When it comes to the crop insurance sweepstakes, southwest Minnesota farmer Darwyn Bach is a winner. But he concedes that his good fortune presents a quandary, since the way the program is implemented these days creates significant losers: the soil, beginning farmers and Main Street businesses that suffer when the number of families in a…  Read More →

Farmland for Rent: Wisconsin

Sylvester is seeking a farmer to rent 40 pasture acres in Oxford, WI Adams County.  There is no housing but there is a facility shed.  The land has not been sprayed.  Asking $150/ acre rent and is available 6/1/25.

Farmland for Rent: Wisconsin (Northwest)

Ezra is seeking a farmer to rent 12 tillable acres in Clear Lake, WI.  No house or outbuilding on the land.  Ezra is asking $100/ acre and it is available 4/7/25.

Farmland for Sale: Wisconsin

Juniper is seeking a buyer for 3o conventional acres (20 tillable, 5 forest and 5 other) in WI.  There is housing available and an insulated pole building with high doors about 24’x40′.  There is a short intermittent stream.  Also there are Savanna Institute, WI Farmer’s Union members, & sustainable/organic farmers in the area.