Click here to watch the recorded webinar containing information for retiring landowners and beginning farmers about long-term sustainable farm leases. Topics covered include the pros and cons of leasing versus buying farmland, landowner benefits of leasing, basic requirements and terms of leases, and structuring leases to encourage or require the use of sustainable practices.  FLAG Staff Attorney and Equal […]

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The 9th Annual Immigrant and Minority Farmers conference was held on February 1-2 in St. Paul, MN, with attendees from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio. The number of registrants totaled 160 on Saturday and 137 on Sunday, of which 60 percent were immigrant and minority farmers, and the remainder being sponsors, exhibitors, presenters, interpreters and volunteers. The entire […]

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Please join Farmers’ Legal Action Group (FLAG) and Land Stewardship Project (LSP) for an evening webinar full of information for retiring landowners and beginning farmers about long-term sustainable farm leases. We will discuss such topics as the pros and cons of leasing versus buying farmland, landowner benefits of leasing, basic requirements and terms of leases, […]

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FLAG is pleased to announce the release of a comprehensive publication, the Farmers’ Guide to the Farm Service Agency Microloan Program, written to help farmers understand the new category of Operating Loans, called Microloans, now being offered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA).  NOTE: We are making up-to-the-minute changes to […]

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The Dakota/Washington/Ramsey/Scott County FSA Office will once again be hosting a NAP signup day in St. Paul. This day is designed to provide an alternative to coming to the Farmington FSA Service for producers wishing to enroll in NAP for the 2014 crop year. Interpretive services will be provided. FSA requests any interested producers to schedule an appointment […]

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