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A brother-sister team uses Farm Beginnings and Journeyperson to help transition from being landowners to active farmers.
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Land Line: Egg Cartel, Family Negotiations, Another Bailout, MAHA Promises, Food Crisis, Silvopasturing, Manure Rates
Sign Up for E-mail Delivery of The Land Line Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All (10/18/26) Politico describes in detail evidence strongly indicating that major egg companies colluded to drive up the price of their product to record levels in recent years. It turns out charges that these firms worked together to bring… Read More →
Land Line: Corporate Greenwashing, Beginning Farmer Help, Forever Green, Rural Grocery, Imported Fertility, Grain Market Consolidation, Grazing Pays Off
Sign Up for E-mail Delivery of The Land Line Report Accuses Corporate Dairy of ‘Greenwashing’ (6/1/26) The Wisconsin Examiner reports on a study showing that claims by the largest meat and dairy companies that their practices are sustainable are mostly “greenwashing” and are based on unsubstantiated claims. Highlights: The report, published in the journal PLOS… Read More →
No. 2, 2025, Land Stewardship Letter
• An online version of the Land Stewardship Letter is here. • A downloadable pdf version is here. • Downloadable pdf back issues of the Land Stewardship Letter are here. • Interactive online back issues of the Land Stewardship Letter are here. • Paper copies are available by contacting Brian DeVore at 612-816-9342 or via e-mail. • Each Land Stewardship… Read More →
Farm Transition Course 2027
PLANNING YOUR FARM TRANSITION: Join This Winter 2027 Online Course to Begin Farm Transition Planning Today Are you a farm family or landowner thinking about the future or next steps for your farm? Are you interested in planning for the next generation of farmers on your land? Do you have a spouse/partner helping to make… Read More →
Land Line: MAHA, Bumper Corn Crop, Oats, Defining Regenerative Ag, Feeding the World, CAFO Hotspots
Draft of White House Report Suggests Kennedy Won’t Push Strict Pesticide Regulations (8/14/25) A White House report on the health of American children would stop short of proposing direct restrictions on ultraprocessed foods and pesticides that the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has called major threats, according to a leaked draft of the document… Read More →
2023 Minnesota Legislative Session Wrap-Up
Historic Wins for Sustainable & Regenerative Ag, Small & Mid-sized Farmers & Rural Communities
During the recently concluded session of the Minnesota Legislature, Land Stewardship Project members and partners worked to win record investments in sustainable and regenerative agriculture, small and mid-sized farmers, and rural communities after decades of underfunding. We won a MinnesotaCare Public Option, as well as historic investments in the Emerging Farmers Office at the Minnesota… Read More →
Soil Health: Eyes on the Underground Acres
Unearthing the Links Between Soil Health, Farm Profits & Water Quality Building soil health may be about bugs, bacteria, and biology, but justifying farming practices that nurture such a natural process often comes down to a human-generated gauge of success: how much money does it put (or keep) in the bank? On a sunny day… Read More →
Farm Transitions: That Farm on Highway 40
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 →
Stages of Learning in Farming: Stage 0–Laying the Foundation
First, some background: I grew up on a conventional hay, corn and soybean farm in western Iowa and moved to Rochester, Minn., for work after getting a mechanical engineering degree from Iowa State University. I like engineering, but after a few years of working in an office environment, I was feeling the urge to get… Read More →