National Ag News

A young farmer says transitioning to organic grain production allowed him to buy his own farm.

Nathan Engelhard farms 1,000 acres of organic corn, soybeans and wheat with his family in Michigan’s Thumb. He tells Brownfield the farm transitioned to organic in 2002 on just 80 acres.  “Organic gave us the opportunity to help build our farm a little bit. My dad was in control of it at that time.  I bought my first farm in 2009 and the organic just gave me the ability to borrow the money and get started on my own.”

He says planting wrapped up close to normal about a week and a half ago and they’ll be focusing on weed management through at least August. 

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