By Art Littlefield In conjunction with Lincoln Financial Advisors Agribusiness Services After last month’s article, “Effective Farm Succession Planning”, The Land Connection was contacted by a reader requesting some information on retirement planning. That being said, I do not recall ever meeting a farmer who has “fully retired” using an off-farm perspective. However, we certainly […]
Farming
Rural Routes: Humbleweed Farm
Starting a farm is no easy business, but Miky of Humbleweed Farm has a plan. Just past the turn from city to rural road, Humbleweed Farm sits quietly across a quarter-acre green plot splashed with soft pinks, bright whites, and yellows. Miky Eum, owner/farmer at Humbleweed, seems to flow out of the fields as she […]
Rush Creek Farms: Jen and Andy Miller
Submitted by Cara Cummings on Mon, 04/14/2014 – 10:42am If you have peeked ahead in your TLC Farmer calendar, you already know something about Jen and Andy Miller, owners of Rush Creek Farm in Sidney, Illinois. The day I was out talking with them last summer was one of those perfectly beautiful Midwestern sky days, […]
SARE Farmer / Rancher Grant
Submitted Wed, 11/15/2017 – 2:22pm This week’s blog entry is from a guest writer. If you are interested in your article or blog entry being featured on the TLC blog, contact nicole@thelandconnection.org. By: Ann Swanson, Hendrick House Food Service When we decided to embark on this farm adventure five years ago I did not take […]
Story. Personality. Soul.
Submitted by Jeff Hake on Mon, 03/17/2014 – 11:31am Story. Personality. Soul. I have discovered of late, in my new work with The Land Connection, that it is these things, not corn or milk or hayrides, that the new wave of entrepreneurial farmers is selling. This year’s MOSES conference was rife with this sentiment. “You […]
You are here Farming Foibles: Equipment Review (BCS Tractor)
Submitted by Birgit McCall on Fri, 01/27/2017 – 12:48pm I have waxed poetic on several of my blog posts about our BCS 2-wheel tractor. It allows us to engage in a number of non-standard farming pursuits, and it also really excels as an all-around farming/yard tractor. These tractors are used extensively in Europe where parcels […]
