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Livestock and Poultry Manager Positions Worth a Graze
by Illinois Farmlink | January 27, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Emily and Levi Powers of Alden Hills Organic Farms with their pasture-raised Belted Galloway cattle.Levi Powers of Alden Hills Organic Farms recently let us know about two full-time job openings offering good pay, benefits, and hands-on experience raising livestock...
Make Succession Planning a Success for Your Family & Farmland – Webinar on March 9th
by Illinois Farmlink | January 27, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Landowner Nina Langoussis came across our farmlink website and described it as a “godsend.” Nina is on the lookout for partners or tenants to graze livestock on her land and is hopeful that networking through the Northeast Illinois FarmLink community might surface...
Northern Illinois Farmland Opportunity for a Grazier
by Illinois Farmlink | January 27, 2022 | News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
On November 30, the McHenry County Conservation District issued a bid packet (found here) for a six-year lease for transitioning an 80-acre farmland parcel west of Marengo to certified organic production. Bids must be submitted by January 4th. This is big news....
Farmland Lease Success in Lake County
by Illinois Farmlink | December 22, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Jordan Blakeslee stands on the farmland he has just leased in Libertyville. (Photo: Jordan Blakeslee)Jordan Blakeslee grew up eating fresh, homegrown foods from his family’s gardens. This helped cultivate a lifelong interest in health and nutrition that was rekindled...
Bison Return to McHenry County
by Illinois Farmlink | December 22, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Last week we had the privilege of seeing six year-old bison being released into their new 30-acre fenced pasture at the Pleasant Valley Conservation Area in McHenry County. About a year prior, we walked that same land with three family members of Ruhter Bison LLC and...
Sharing Land Access Trends and Challenges in Kane County
by Illinois Farmlink | December 22, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Jim Kurczodyna presenting to the Kane County Agricultural Committee in mid-November.The Kane County Agricultural Committee recently invited me to share information about our land access work as well as my family’s own journey to owning farmland. Some Kane County board...
How to Search Efficiently for Farmland on Realtor.com and Zillow.com
by Illinois Farmlink | November 22, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Realtor.com and Zillow.com are two of the top real estate search websites in the country and list many farmland properties. We want to show you how these websites can be powerful tools in your search for farmland to purchase. To do so, we created this 15-minute video...
Wondering What Happened at the Wundrow Farm Auction?
by Illinois Farmlink | November 22, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Linda Bruce has carefully crafted her vision for Soulful Prairies since acquiring 80 pristine acres in Woodstock about 11 years ago. It is a place of community, tranquility, and beauty, offering equine therapy, dinners and events, a farm stay rental, and more. Part...
Turkeys Living the Good Life on Leased Lake County Farmland
by Illinois Farmlink | November 22, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Mike Mallory of Good Life Farms started thinking about Thanksgiving well before November. He placed the order in spring, and two batches of baby turkeys (or poults) were delivered on his leased farmland in Lake Villa about mid-summer. Mike moves his mobile coops daily...
Buying Rural Farmland 101 Webinar on Video
by Illinois Farmlink | October 20, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Our Buying Rural Farmland 101 webinar brought together a realtor, ag lender, and farmland appraiser who shared a lot of valuable tips and insights pertaining to your farmland search. Deanna Ballweg (real estate), Paul Dietmann (lending), and Andy Weidner...