Incubator Farm Model Beginning Farmer Webinar
Growing Farmers: Using an Incubator Farm Model to Help Beginning Farmers – A New Farminar from Practical Farmers of Iowa
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020 | 7 p.m. CST
Access to land and limited business planning experience are two hurdles beginning farmers are likely to encounter. Dayna Burtness and her husband Nick have decided to support beginning farmers using an incubator farm model near Spring Grove, Minnesota.
The program provides access to 67 acres of grazable land, equipment and buildings, low-interest loans and joint-marketing opportunities for three seasons. During their first season together, Dayna and beginning farmers, Heidi Eger and Bailey Lutz, have learned how to navigate the successes and challenges of running and participating in an incubator farm model.
- Dayna Burtness has been farming on and off since 2004 and launched Nettle Valley Farm in 2015. She finishes heritage breed hogs on pasture and runs the farm’s beginning farmer program.
- Heidi Eger of Radicle Heart Farm is a beginning farmer at Nettle Valley Farm and raises Katahdin/Dorper sheep and Freedom Ranger chickens.
- Bailey Lutz has been farming for three years and raises Kiko goats and heritage breed ducks. The 2019 season at Nettle Valley Farm was Bailey’s first year operating as Listenmore Farm.
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Winter 2020 farminar lineup!
Jan. 7 – Growing Farmers: Using an Incubator Farm Model to Help Beginning Farmers – Dayna Burtness, Heidi Eger and Bailey Lutz
Jan. 14 – “Organic Greens Production in High Tunnels” – Mike Bollinger, Katie Prochaska
Jan. 21 – “Organic Pest Control in Vegetable Crops” – Jennifer Glenister
Jan. 28 – “Blooming Markets: Strategies for Developing Customer Relationships” – Gretel Adams
Feb. 4 – “Organic Weed Management in Vegetable Crops” – Andrew Dunham, T.D. Holub
Feb. 11 – “Cereal Rye for Weed Management: A New Tool in the Toolbox?” – Sam Bennett, Gina Nichols
Feb. 18 – “Creating Habitat with the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program” – Gregg Pattison
Feb. 25 – “A Quicker Return! Switching from Cows to Pigs” – Phil Kramer, Andrew and Marissa Waldo
March 3 – “Livestock and Cover Crops as a Solution to Climate Change” – Monte Bottens
March 10 – “Trusts: Keep the Family a Family and the Farm the Farm” – Travis Benson, Amy Williams
March 17 – “Pork Marketing: Relationships and Regenerative Agriculture” – Russ Kremer
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