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Farmland for Rent: Minnesota

Patty is seeking a farmer to rent 30 tillable acres in Maple Lake, MN Wright County.  No house or buildings.  This opportunity is available 1/1/26.

Farmland for Rent: Minnesota (Southeast)

Pa is seeking less than an acre preferably around the Rochester, MN area.  No house is needed- just a space big enough to raise 10 chickens with his kids. Water and electricity available would be nice. Preferably around the Rochester, MN area.

Farmland for Rent: Minnesota

Wendy is seeking a renter for 3 grazing acres in Wright County, MN.  There is a potential for rental housing, a barn and a chicken coop.  There is also some fencing and closer to the house there is a well for watering.  The acreage is on a gravel dead end road near Maria State Park. …  Read More

Farmland for Rent: Minnesota (Southeast)

Ed is seeking a renter for 8 acres of certified organic land (1 tillable, 1 pasture and 7 forested) in Northfield, MN.  Specifically, Ed is looking for someone to practice sustainable forestry and develop associated products. There is a house available along with some sheds.  Some additional buildings will be constructed by the owner in…  Read More

Farmland for Rent: Minnesota

Kevin is seeking a renter for 20 acres (5 tillable / 15 other) in New Germany, MN / Carver County.  He is looking to expand a 1/2 acre market garden that broke ground in 2024. A new well was installed in 2024.  Additional materials available include irrigation, fabric, and accessibility to tools. Flexible terms may…  Read More

Community Farmers-Community Bankers

Many beginning farmers struggle to find the capital they need to get started. Buying a piece of land, fencing supplies, a packing shed, tractor, young fruit trees—these things can add up to an overwhelming initial investment. And these farmers often have a hard time finding the financing that fits their operations. Dean Harrington is a…  Read More

Farming & Our Community: Why Should I Care? A Banker’s Perspective

As part of our work to help beginning farmers gain access to farmland, the Land Stewardship Project has been working with the Plainview Land Access Organizing Committee in southeast Minnesota. For the past two years, farmers, business owners and others in the agricultural community of Plainview have been meeting to raise awareness of issues beginning…  Read More

MDA Announces 2025 Recipients of the AGRI Farm to School & Early Care Programs

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    The Land Stewardship Project congratulates the 2025 recipients of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s AGRI Farm to School and Early Care Programs. This includes K-12 school districts and early care centers that received reimbursement grants, as well as family daycare providers participating in the MDA’s first-ever Local Tots Cost-Share Program. Grantees span the…  Read More

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

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

Land Line: Bird Flu, Egg Prices, Immigration, Funding Freeze, Conservation $$

Feb. 17: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities

The Unnatural History of Bird Flu (2/12/25) Science journalist Brandon Keim, writing in Nautilus, provides an in-depth overview of the causes of the current H5N1 avian influenza outbreak, which has resulted in the death of 150 million chickens and turkeys, either by the virus itself or due to euthanasia as officials attempt to curb its spread.…  Read More