Organic Farm Management for Absentee Farmland Owners

Farmland Solutions, LLC offers Organic Farm Management throughout the Midwest ​for absentee farmland owners. Kent Kraft and Rob Woodrow use a production system involving three-year crop rotations, cover crops, legumes, no-till, and rolled rye to help land owners convert their ground into certified organic production. Enter your email address to the form on the right and receive an analysis of how farming organic corn, soybeans and wheat can generate a significantly higher return for your farmground.

• “Go Green” by getting away from commercial fertilizers and pesticides
• Profitability —fulfilling the HUGE demand for organic corn and soybeans which bring premium prices over regular commodities. Additional premiums are available for organic specialty crops such as blue corn, white corn, or black beans.

• Organic certification: 36-month transition, documented production practices using only products approved for organic production
• Balanced fertility, good soil drainage, crop rotation, cover crops, no-till, mechanical cultivation, organically approved products and timing of planting as management tools. Marketing through specialty brokers, or direct to buyers/organic livestock producers

• Approved products, use of legumes in the cover crops to provide nitrogen, liquid animal manure where available, pelletized poultry manure is available

• For corn probably yes, plan on 10% to 15% lower yields on average. Higher organic corn prices far offset lower yields. Wheat and soybean yields could possibly have greater variation from year-to year, but can equal yields from chemical farming practices.
• Crop insurance is available; weather, weeds, insects are risks for all farmers, perhaps a bit more for organic producers. Rewards (higher prices) can offset risks.