Olmsted County Commissioner Michelle Rossman farms corn, soybeans and alfalfa among other crops with her husband and has enrolled in the program since it started. The Rossmans have planted much ...

The passage of a law in 1864 required each county in Minnesota to provide a farm for the destitute based on the size of its poor population. According to excerpts from the "History of Olmsted ...

“Farmers leading farmers is pretty powerful,” Larsen said. The 700-acre Larsen farm stands out amid Olmsted County’s 285,944 acres of farmland for its dedication to soil ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A $3 million groundwater protection and soil health initiative has been rolled out to Olmsted County farm operators through the Olmsted County Soil and Water Conservation ...

In the second and third decades of the 19th century, migrants from the eastern U.S. began to occupy and farm lands on or near the South Ridge. The first to do so in Olmsted Twp., where the ridge was ...