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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...
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...
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...
Enrollment for 2022 Stateline Farm Beginnings Course Ends October 31
by Illinois Farmlink | October 20, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Our friends at Angelic Organics Learning Center (AOLC) in Caledonia specialize in training and educating local food farmers across our region in practical farm business skills. One of their programs is a yearlong farm business course called Stateline Farm Beginnings...
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...
40-Acre Farm with Home to be Auctioned November 2
by Illinois Farmlink | October 20, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Wundrow Farm is the latest farm profile on the Northeast Illinois FarmLink site. The property is located in Sharon, Wisconsin, just over the Illinois-Wisconsin state line, and goes up for auction on November 2. It offers 40 acres zoned A-1, a two-story farmhouse with...