federal farm policy

Nitrogen Pollution’s Farm Policy Roots

June 28, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Groundwater management, Loon Commons blog, Water
corn, crop insurance, dead zone, diverse agriculture, Farm Bill, federal farm policy, Land Stewardship Project, monocrops, MPCA, nitrates, nitrogen fertilizer, perennials, row crops, tile drainage, water pollution, watersheds

By Adam Warthesen, Land Stewardship Project Talk about ignoring the elephant in the room. When Minnesota environmental officials announced the results of a new major nitrogen pollution study on Thursday, they were…
Is That a Trophy Hunter Knockin’ at Your Door?

March 3, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
beginning farmers, commodity prices, crop insurance, farm transition, farmland bubble, farmland investors, farmland prices, federal farm policy, income disparity, income inequaliy, land inflation, Land Stewardship Project, Look Who's Knockin', Look Who's Knockin' play, new farming generation, real estate boom, retiring farmers

What with farmland changing hands at price levels that would make a Beverly Hills realtor blanch, one could be forgiven for jumping to an obvious conclusion: Farm Country is flush with cash…