Minnesota Ag News Headlines Extension Offers Workshops for Small-Acreage Owners Minnesota Ag Connection - 02/05/2010 Do you have the dream of owning acreage in the country? Do you have an existing acreage that is need of a plan and strategies for the best possible results? The Living on the Land Workshop Series, offered this spring by University of Minnesota Extension in Monticello and Webster, can help you and your family. The eight-week course is designed to arm landowners with agricultural information to enable them to be good stewards of their 40-acre (or less) tract. The course will begin with goal setting and individual property inventory, then address soil, plant and water basics. The Living on the Land curriculum addresses a growing need for information regarding small acreages. The class series incorporates knowledge and experience from a team of instructors to address topics including: what do you have and what do you want, what you can do with your land, water quality, protecting household drinking water, how plants grow, what to do about weeds, lawn and pasture maintenance, soils, and a farm tour. The series will be taught by Extension educators and natural resource professionals at two locations. Register for only one location. Tuesday evenings will be held at the Monticello High School in Monticello from March 2 -- April 20 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday evenings will be held at the Ranchero Supper Club in Webster from March 4 -- April 22 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Early registration is $150 until Feb. 19 and all registrations received after will be $175. The registration fee includes participation of two people, for example a husband and wife team or two siblings, who may attend together and share materials. Benefits include numerous educational publications, opportunities to network with peers and professionals, an educational farm tour and dinner, a site visit consultation from a University of Minnesota Extension educator in your area, as well as the tools to help you succeed with your goals and dreams on your country acreage. Register now because space is limited at each location. For more information or to register, check out the brochure online at: http://www.extension.umn.edu/smallfarms/lotl.html or contact Brenda Postels, Wright County Extension Educator at (763) 682-7381 or by email at post0060@umn.edu or Laura Kieser, Scott/Carver County Extension Educator at (952) 466-5306 or by email at torb0022@umn.edu Copyright © 2010 - USAgNet.com. All Rights Reserved.