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Land Line: Tillage’s Toll, Conservation & Leases, Soil Health & Nutrient Density, Emerging Farmer Help

June 22: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities

By Brian DeVore
June 22, 2022

The Midwest has Lost 57.6 Billion Metric Tons of Soil Due to Agricultural Practices (3/16/22) The Midwest has lost approximately 57.6 billion metric tons of topsoil since farmers began tilling the soil, 160 years ago. And this is despite conservation practices put in place in the wake of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, according to Phys.org. Much…  Read More →

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Minnesota (Eastern)

Pearce is seeking two acres (1 tillable and one pasture) to buy in Eastern Minnesota.  Pearce and Eleanor Jensen currently run StrongHeart Farms at Big River Farms in Marine on St. Croix, MN. StrongHeart is an organic mixed vegetable operation in their 5th growing season. They are currently seeking to purchase a property where they…  Read More →

Farm Transitions: That Farm on Highway 40

By Brian DeVore
July 16, 2020

A Pioneering Organic Operation, a Trial Run, & the Next Generation Black, ominous clouds were approaching fast, and Luke Peterson was in a bit of a panic as he stood next to his tractor parked in an 80-acre soybean field, scanning the sky. Hooked up to that tractor was a rotary hoe, and before this…  Read More →

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Wisconsin

Andie is seeking six acres (3 tillable) to buy in WI.  Preferably tillable land that is less than 6% slope,  including housing, one outbuilding, and basic utilities.  Andie is seeking this opportunity in 9/1/2025.

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Minnesota, Wisconsin

Kevin is seeking farmland to buy in western WI or eastern MN.  He and his family have spent years growing their farm, caring for the land and that land has grown their family.  They have a very diversified farm operation including crops, vegetables and livestock.  At this time Kevin’s family is in need to find…  Read More →

Seeking Farmland to Buy: Iowa, Wisconsin (Eastern, Southwest)

Kurt is seeking to buy 20 acres of farmland in extreme SW Wisconsin or Eastern Iowa. Kurt plans to start a small regenerative ag operation, grass based. Live water and rolling topography with both open pasture land and some wooded would be preferred. Kurt can build fences as needed.  A house and old outbuildings would…  Read More →

Fulfilling a Social Contract

By Brian DeVore
May 5, 2020

A Viral Carrot Sale During a Pandemic Reveals Local Food’s Potential…& Limits In mid-March, when it was becoming clear the COVID-19 pandemic was going to change the way food is procured in the U.S. and beyond, the owners of Open Hands Farm placed five bags of carrots and a money box in their driveway. Farm…  Read More →

Land Line: Senate Budget Bill, Who Owns Land?, Nitrates, Conservation Cuts, Immigration, Drought When Wet, Judging Soil, Sea of Grass

By Brian DeVore (editor)
July 1, 2025

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 →

Homegrown Homeland Security

By Brian DeVore
July 15, 2011

While sitting in a western Wisconsin high school auditorium listening to farmers and other rural residents discussing urban sprawl the other evening, I was struck by an epiphany of sorts: the argument for saving farmland near our cities and suburbs has evolved beyond the “let’s save our pretty viewscapes” phase. Protecting prime farmland from the…  Read More →