Dayna is seeking a farmer to rent 70 acres (pasture, tillable and forest) in Spring Grove, MN, Houston County. Pasture and silvopasture available for sheep, poultry and/or cattle plus some tillable land depending on interest in small scale annuals. Dayna’s current focus is on small scale seed production plus brush management goats, which means there… Read More →
Andrew is seeking a farmer to rent 3 tillable organic acres in Shafer, Minnesota. There is one pole barn and a vegetable pack shed, two 12×110′ caterpillar tunnels and one 22×88′ high tunnel. The 3 acres are surrounded by a 10′ deer fence. There is a water line available in fields and 10 plots within… Read More →
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.
Note: This is the 8th installment in the 12-part “A Sense of Where You Are” series. So, here’s a chicken or egg situation to ponder: when launching a farming operation, when should you approach the local NRCS office about applying for funding to set up infrastructure such as a high tunnel or a rotational grazing system?… Read More →
David is seeking a farmer for 50 tillable, pasture and forest acres in East Troy, WI, Walworth County. There is housing as well as enclosed sheds, an open sided shed, greenhouses, and a garage. Available 1/1/26
There is less than one month left in the 2024 Minnesota legislative session. This week, the House and Senate are finalizing and passing their separate omnibus policy and supplemental budget bills, which will then be sent to conference committees where differences between the proposals will be hammered out. This session, the Land Stewardship Project has… Read More →
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 →
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 →
Domingo is seeking a farmer to buy 11 acres (3 tillable, 2 pasture and 6 forest) in Plum City, Wisconsin, Pierce County. There is a house, 3 barns and one garage. There are two creeks on the property. Asking $280,000 and available 1/1/26.
Dec. 7: An LSP Round-up of News Covering Land, People & Communities More Hogs Coming to Northwest Iowa (11/30/20) Economists say exploding foreign pork demand will result in an industry-wide expansion in the Upper Midwest, from finisher barns to even new processing plants, reports the Storm Lake Times. Highlights: The industry is feeling upward pressure… Read More →
