What is LAND?

LAND is a program that is designed to assist people planning to enter or exit dairy farming. A local work group consisting of agricultural professionals from UW-Extension, Farm Service Agency, CP Feeds, Lakeshore Technical College, and Lakeshore Farm Management Association manage the program. LAND covers nine Lake Michigan area counties: Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, and Washington.

What can LAND do for you?

• Link exiting and beginning dairy producers in order to form a partnership or joint venture
• Assist beginning dairy producers with an opportunity to work with existing facilities and cows in order to start farming
• Assist exiting dairy producers to gradually transition out of farming
• Assist beginning dairy producers to locate a facility in order to start farming
• Assist exiting dairy producers in the transition out of the dairy business

How do you qualify to participate in the program?

Exiting Farmers

• You are thinking about retiring in the next few years
• You are looking to partner with someone to ease your daily work load
• You are looking to sell your property and business
• You are already out of farming, but would like to work with a beginning farmer in order to use the facilities
• Your operating or vacant farm is for sale or rent

Beginning Farmers

• You want to start dairy farming, but cannot afford to purchase an entire working operation at this time
• You want to get some dairying experience before starting out of your own
• You would like to rent or buy a portion of a current working operation

How do you sign up?

Fill out the appropriate document below and send it back to:

LAND

Manitowoc County UW-Extension

P.O. Box 1150

Manitowoc, WI 54220-1150

Beginning Farmer Worksheet

Exiting Farmer Worksheet

More questions? Contact your local member of LAND:

• Scott Gunderson, Manitowoc County UW-Extension, 920-683-4168
• Brad Englebert, Farm Service Agency, 920-683-5119
• Cari Sabel, Farm Service Agency, 920-683-5119
• Elizabeth Krause, Farm Service Agency, 920-683-5119
• Greg Booher, Lakeshore Technical College, 920-960-0551
• Joel Marquardt, Lakeshore Farm Management Assoc., 920-775-3900
• Dennis Schueller, CP Feeds, 920-901-1497
• Roger Sinkula, Investors Community Bank, 920-686-5660
• Aerica Bjurstrom, Kewaunee County UW-Extension, 920-388-7138