Skylar is seeking to rent 40+ acres in Webster, Calhoun & parts of Greene & Pocahontas counties. Skylar is interested in buying 40 acres in Webster or Calhoun. Skylar has been farming for 10 years in Webster & Calhoun county. In the last 5+ years he has been integrating more cover crops and no till… Read More →
Matthew is seeking 50 tillable acres in Wisconsin to rent. No house is needed.
Daniel is seeking to rent 4 tillable acres in WI. Ideally he would like to live on the farm and grow some unique herbs and vegetable seed production. He would be interested in learning some new skills working on the farm for the farmer/ landowner. Available 8/15/25.
Note: LSP’s next Farm Transition Planning Course will begin meeting Jan. 27, 2026. For details and information on how to enroll, click here. Sometimes a successful farm transition requires a shoulder season — a period when the current owners are still present, still have their hands in the soil, so to speak, but the newbies… Read More →
During yesterday’s otherwise excellent field day at the USDA’s soil conservation lab in Morris, the “S” word reared its ugly head. “S” as in our best farmland needs to be “sacrificed” in the name of food and fuel production, leaving room for only an odd corner here and there to provide a smattering of natural… Read More →
Oct. 23: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities Connecting Farmers Through Music, Land Stewardship Project Commissions Conservation Songs (10/18/20) Kaitlyn Riley at WIZM Radio describes how LSP this fall added a new, melodic twist to its soil health work by producing a music video called, “Got Cover Crops.” Highlights: LSP collaborated… Read More →
Feb. 28: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities New Evidence Shows Fertile Soil Gone From Midwestern Farms (2/24/21) National Public Radio reports on a new study showing the most fertile topsoil is entirely gone from a third of all the land devoted to growing crops across the upper Midwest. Highlights: The… Read More →
How Indiana is using cover cropping and early adopters as ‘gateways’ into a deeper understanding of sustainable soil management. It’s an overcast August morning in northeastern Indiana, and in a massive machine shed well stocked with the tools of a modern row crop operation, some 60 farmers are being reminded that growing corn and soybeans… Read More →
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 →
Emily is seeking a farmer to rent 80 acres (25 tillable, 15 pasture, 20 forested, and 20 other) in Southwest Michigan in Berrien County. There is a barn, field shelters, and a licensed meat freezer storage/farm store. Also there is fencing, animal travel lanes, animal watering pipeline, 2 wells, internet, sheep equipment, and stock trailer. … Read More →
