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Updates from Illinois FarmLink’s Profile System

by Jeanne | June 6, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

One of the services we offer at Illinois FarmLink is our online database of Illinois land seeker and farmland owner profiles. Whether you’re looking for land or looking for a farmer, you can create a public profile that other farmland owners and farmers can find. Our...

Farming Differently as a Land Access Strategy for Small-Scale Row Crop Producers – Part 1 & 2

by Jeanne | May 12, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Part 1: Rethinking How You Farm & an Interview with Will Glazik At first, we thought the calls were flukes. A smaller-scale conventional row crop producer would call us and share how hard it was to get more acres. He would say he needed enough land to make a...

Welcome Our New Southern Illinois Navigator – Ashley Kehrer

by Jeanne | May 12, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

I am Ashley Kehrer, and I started as the Southern Illinois FarmLink Navigator this past month. I live in Clinton County with my husband, Kerry, on a farm we purchased in 2019. We made it a true 'family' farm with the addition of our daughter in November of...

Betty & the Rademachers: A New Landowner-Farm Family Partnership

by Jeanne | April 2, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

To download a PDF of this Farmland Connection story click here. Betty Brennan reached out to the Illinois FarmLink team in July 2023. She wondered if our team could give her ideas on the management of her ~250 acres of farmland and natural areas in the Potomac area in...

Takeaways from Farmer-Landowner Panel Discussion at 2025 Organic Grain Conference

by Jeanne | March 10, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

At The Land Connection’s 2025 Organic Grain Conference, Illinois FarmLink hosted a lively session - Landowners and Organic Grain Farmers: How to Make the Relationship Work. “Our goal for the session was simple,” said Nathan Aaberg, Illinois FarmLink Director. “We...

Vocational Farm Looks for New Home to Expand Community Programs

by Jeanne | March 7, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Didi Dowling had earned her master's degree in social work and was all set to follow the traditional therapy path, sitting in an office and chatting with folks on a couch. As a farm kid who participated in rodeo and 4H, something about this direction didn’t quite feel...

Open Farm Doors with a Good Self-Introduction

by Jeanne | February 5, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

In farming, small details can make a big difference. The impact, for example, of planting a seed a half inch deep versus two inches deep is not trivial. In making connections with people who can help you find and secure land, your self-introduction is more vital than...

DuChick Ranch Secures Five Acres

by Jeanne | February 5, 2025 | News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Back in February 2024, we shared information about Ed and Lindsey Dubrick’s search for additional land for their farm business, DuChick Ranch. There’s good news! After some twists and turns, they found and secured the land they needed. It was, amazingly enough, right...

Looking for Land or a Farmer in 2025

by Jeanne | February 4, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

We have a handful of farmers and landowners we’re working with who are still urgently looking for land or a farmer in 2025. We’ve included some brief details for each situation, along with contact information below. Please help us spread the word and reach out...

Lessons from a Women’s Learning Circle

by Jeanne | September 10, 2024 | News | 0 Comments

Fifteen women landowners and farmers gathered in August for The Land Conservancy of McHenry County’s Women’s Learning Circle. These events give women a space to share ideas, stories, and expertise on how to manage their land. Illinois FarmLink’s Northern Navigator,...

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