Seeking Farmland to Rent: Wisconsin
Mark is seeking 10 acres to rent in Wisconsin. No house is needed but a barn, water and electricity would be preferable. Available 6/1/26.
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Who Benefits When Emerging Farmers Can’t Succeed?
Emerging Farmers: What Do You Think of This Proposed Legislation?
Last year, the Land Stewardship Project celebrated the historic investments in emerging farmers that we won at the Minnesota Capitol. One of these wins included doubling the funding for and prioritizing emerging farmer applicants within the Minnesota Farmland Down Payment Assistance Program, which the Land Stewardship Project worked on with the Midwest Farmers of Color… Read More →
Land Line: Riverview, Community Foods, State Farm Bills, Avian Flu, Nitrogen Fertilizer, Glyphosate & Cancer, MCOOL
Proposed Dairy in Morris Would Become Minnesota’s Largest Feedlot (3/16/26) The Minnesota Star Tribune reports on a proposal to create the largest livestock operation in Minnesota. Highlights: Riverview LLP, the state’s largest milk producer, has applied for permits to build the single largest dairy and feedlot in the state’s history by expanding one of its… Read More →
Land Line: Food Systems, Funding Freeze, John Deere, Immigration, Regenerative Farm Family
March 3: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities
Surrounded by Crops in Minnesota Farm Country, but with Little to Eat (2/26/25) Star Tribune columnist Karen Tolkkinen writes about the paradox plaguing rural communities in western Minnesota: despite massive amounts of land being devoted to agricultural production, little fresh, affordable food is available for local residents. Highlights: A recent study of the food system in… Read More →
Land Line: Dairy Claw Back, Faux Meat, Vilsack’s USDA, Small Dairy-Big Benefits, Meat Processing Challenges
Dec. 11: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities Dean Foods Seeks to Get Back Money Paid to Dairy Farmers Before Bankruptcy (12/10/20) Hundreds of dairy farmers nationwide fear they could owe substantial sums to the bankrupt dairy processor Dean Foods after the company sent out letters attempting to claw back payments… Read More →
Dear Gov. Dayton: Consider the Economic Facts of Frac Sand
Dear Governor Dayton, I understand you met with frac sand industry representatives yesterday. I would imagine their rhetoric included the promise of jobs and state competitiveness. Before accepting their statements as fact, I encourage you to consider the following: • According to Industrial Minerals, Wisconsin produces more frac sand than any other state. • According… Read More →
From Crisis to Community
A Shared Threat Prompts a Shared Vision for a New Farm As the land auction progressed, it looked like the parcel was on its way to exchanging hands at a decent price. But the landowner grew increasingly anxious about the guy who was likely to get the highest bid—he was a well-known owner of large-scale… Read More →
Farm Beginnings Profile: The Return of the Middleman
Farm Beginnings Grads Join Forces on the Marketing Front
Even a brief conversation with Tom Cogger makes it clear what he enjoys doing: producing food. And that’s what he’s done on his Maple Hill Farm near Washburn in northwestern Wisconsin for almost two decades. In the early years, Cogger concentrated mostly on produce, but since his son Matthew joined the operation in 2009, pork… Read More →
Seeking Farmland to Rent or Buy: Wisconsin
A young farmer is seeking farmland (60 acres pasture and 80 acres tillable and other) in Wisconsin. This farmer that has worked on organic regenerative grazing dairy in south eastern WI for many years, and is currently in Walworth and would love to stay within the county but am open to relocating and has a… Read More →
Legislative Wrap-up: Lack of Ag Bill Passage Represents Lost Opportunities
Some Gains Made for Clean Water/Soil Health & Beginning Farmers
It’s been said that politics is the art of the compromise. But during the 2026 session of the Minnesota Legislature, that approach to policymaking was undermined by disagreements about the role one particular herbicide should play in the state’s agricultural production system. As the session of the Minnesota Legislature entered its final month, it was… Read More →