The Lobe Rangers

Land Line: Dairy $$ Impact, Farm Bankruptcies, Seed Antitrust, Nitrates, Bat Bucks, Busting Bees, Pesticides & Cancer, Compost

By Brian DeVore (editor)

May 29, 2026

Sign Up for E-mail Delivery of The Land Line Opinion: Huge Dairy Operations Change the Fabric of Farm Country (5/28/26) Dairy farmer Duane Holker writes in the Minnesota Star Tribune that plans to build the largest dairy operation in Minnesota are a threat to producers like himself, as well as rural communities in general. Highlights:… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: antitrust • bats • CAFO • cancer • Central Iowa Water Works • compost • dairy crisis • farm crisis • monopolies • nitrates • nitrogen fertilizer • pesticides • Riverview Dairy • seed industry • soil health • The Lobe Rangers • wildlife habitat

Land Line: Nitrate Pollution, Sensing Trouble, Fertilizer Prices, Price Crunch, EIS for CAFOs, MAHA & School Lunch, Oats

By Brian DeVore (editor)

April 24, 2026

Sign Up for E-mail Delivery of The Land Line Nitrate is Quietly Polluting Rural Drinking Wells. How Researchers are Working to Help (4/21/26) Harvest Public Media reports that across the Midwest and Great Plains, large-scale fertilizer application and livestock facilities have increased the pace of nitrate contamination accumulating in groundwater. Highlights: Scientists have tested more… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: CAFO • commercial fertilizer • community based food systems • EIS • environmental impact statement • farm-to-school • groundwater • nitrate pollution • nitrates • nitrogen fertilizer • oats • The Lobe Rangers • water pollution