4640jon@gmail.com The homestead of the farm was established here in 1879. I am 5th generation. First generation to not have a dairy. Sold my dairy cows in 2003 We got the beef cows in 2018 with the intention from day one that they’re going to be part of a complete system and not a separate entity from the row. Crop Read more...

philandrobin.farm@gmail.com Phil and Robin’s farming career began with their first crop year in 1980 and experienced all of the ‘hills and valleys’ of 45+ years of farming together while raising a family of four daughters. They also owned and operated a Pioneer seed agency business for 26 years, recently retiring in 2023. Their current 800-acre farm operation lies primarily along Read more...

schm2976@gmail.com   I am an agronomist that also farms a small acreage in southern Pine County. Read more...

busch_farm@outlook.com My name is Marissa Busch; and my husband, Duane, and I, along with our 7 kids, farm around 1,000 acres of non-GMO corn, barley, oats, and hay, outside of Milaca, MN.  We run a no-till operation, and no longer use synthetic fertilizers or sprays.  We use a living cover crop/mulch system to keep nutrient cycling going and the microbes Read more...

gvjfarms73@gmail.com Vance has been using No-Till/Reduced-Till since 2010 and has been using with cover crops and green manures since 2015. He’s used nurse crops in sugarbeets since the early 2000’s and began planting soybeans green about 2019. Since that time, his operations have gone to Minimum-Till/No-Till and cover across 75% of the farm. Vance started with reduced/No-till because he had Read more...

john@mnhempfarms.com John Strohfus is the Founder and CEO of Minnesota Hemp Farms, Inc. (dba Field Theory Foods) based in Hastings, MN. He is a farmer and marketer of food ingredient products in bulk wholesale channels as well as the retail brand Field Theory™. John was a graduate of St. Cloud State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing Read more...

richard@mnsoilhealth.org Richard Rohrer is a Conservation Specialist with the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition who is dedicated to supporting regional farmers through farmer-to-farmer learning and recognizes the importance of building soil health to regenerate our farmlands. Richard is a Certified Crop Advisor and previously worked as an agronomist for a co-op in Minnesota. He has served in many leadership positions for Read more...

Craig is the Owner/Operator of Craig LaPlante Farms, Crookston, MN, a 700-acre mixed crop farm, integrating full-season cover crops, and no-till farming practices, since 2004.  He has started to bring multi-species livestock and rotational grazing practices back to the farm.  He also works full-time as a sales Agronomist off the farm for Hawkins Inc, covering the United States and Canadian Read more...

biggdoggagg@gmail.com Mark has been a certifed Crop Advisor since 1995 and has 43 years in the agricultural industry from his time in Grain Elevation, Running his own company founded in 2001. He is currently farming 67 acres using no-till, cover-crops, and diversified crops, and is looking to introduce animals to graze his cover crops. Mark started to look into soil Read more...