Myron Sylling

Farmers Discuss Balancing Profits & Clean Water When it Comes to Nitrogen

LSP’s Farmer-Centered ‘Rethinking Nitrogen’ Campaign Launched

August 25, 2026

BYRON, Minn. — How do you grapple with a hidden problem? That was a question at the center of a Land Stewardship Project (LSP) “Smarter Nitrogen Policy” discussion involving around two dozen farmers, water quality experts and state legislators at the Martin Larsen farm near Byron Aug. 20. “We fix what we can see —… Read More →

Category: News Releases

Tags: clean water • Lance Petersen • Martin Larsen • Minnesota Legislature • Minnesota state policy • Myron Sylling • nitrate pollution • nitrogen fertilizer • oats • Olmsted County Groundwater Protection and Soil Health Program • rethinking nitrogen • soil health

Bringing Lawmakers to the Farm

Legislative Ag Leaders Get a Firsthand Look at Challenges, Opportunities SE MN Farmers Face

By Laura Schreiber

August 7, 2026

On a recent July afternoon, southeastern Minnesota farmer Martin Larsen stopped his Gleaner R-62 combine in the middle of oat harvest, climbed down the ladder, and walked a hundred yards or so to where the Chair of the Minnesota Senate Agriculture Committee was standing at the edge of the field. Larsen then described to Sen.… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: Aric Putnam • Bonnie and Vance Haugen • clean water • dairy crisis • groundwater • karst geology • managed rotational grazing • Martin Larsen • Minnesota Legislature • Myron Sylling • oats • soil health • state policy • Torrey Westrom