Co-Applicant / Partner Name:
Lorraine Zaenger
Experience
Please describe your past and/or present farming experience:
Started working with local farmer during teen years as a farmhand. Occupation history of working for local co-ops since high school: grain elevator and custom applicator experience. 15+ years of crop farming, haymaking, and custom harvesting.
Are you currently farming?:
Yes
Are you interested in connecting with other farmers to explore collocation or collaborative farm ideas?:
Yes
Enterprises
What is the primary agricultural enterprise you are considering?:
Row Crops
What other enterprises are you considering?:
Beef
Hay/Forage
Livestock
Pasture
Row Crops
The Land
Total Acres Desired:
300.0
Tillable Acres:
300.0
Organic:
No
Infrastructure
Farmhouse Needed:
No
Equipment Needed:
None. Fully functional line of equipment. Well maintained. Able to till plant and harvest row crops. Also have full line of hay equipment.
Tenure Arrangement
Tenure Arrangement Considered:
Lease with Option to Buy
Long-Term Lease
Partnership
Work to Own (Gradual Transfer of Responsibility & Farm Assets)
Have you been qualified by a lending institution? (if applicable):
Yes
Business Plan/Goals
Do you have a business plan? Please write an informative description of your vision & goals for your farming future.:
My short-term goal is to farm enough acreage that can help sustain my family and satisfy my desire to farm. My long term goal is to be able to buy a large scale amount of land.
To achieve these goals, I will continue to seek out opportunities to locate more acreage, reach out to prospective sellers/renters, and advertise my willingness to farm more acreage. I will continue to maintain and keep equipment in satisfactory working condition in order to continue searching for more acreage without worry of being capable of the addition of that acreage. I hope in the next 10 years that I can be successfully farming a total of 200-300 acres. Contact jlzfarm@gmail.com