Grow & Graze
Strong roots build strong foundations.
If you're ready to build a resilient and profitable farm that benefits the environment, you're in the right place. At The Hub, our free services empower you to restore soil health, improve animal well-being, and increase your farm's long-term sustainability.
Join our community of farmers working together to create a future that thrives for the environment and your bottom line.
We’re better together.
Go places you couldn’t go before with drones
Drones have many applications for livestock producers by putting seed in place while row crops are still growing. Learn what’s possible and profitable with drones.
Our Shared Vision
This is what we’re working toward. Together, we’ll see it become reality.
Illinois farmers and ranchers will lead the way in creating an environmentally sound and economically thriving agro-ecosystem by adopting more regenerative practices that minimize soil disturbance, maximize crop diversity, keep soil covered, maintain living root systems year round, and integrate livestock in ways that support healthy soils, clear waterways, and clean air.
New How-To Video Series
Beginner graziers will find the help they need in our new how-to video series.
Advice you need to regenerate your farming operation
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Regenerative Agriculture
“Farming and ranching in synchrony with nature and the four ecosystem processes to repair, rebuild, revitalize, and restore ecosystem function — starting with the life within the soil and expanding to life above the soil.”
— Dr. Allen Williams, Understanding Ag
How to Buy a Farm
A Guide for Farmers from The Land Connection
The guide covers complex topics related to buying a farm, from laws and finances to real estate and even human psychology. It is based on our experiences working with farmers, input from experts, and our writing team’s research.
This guide is primarily written for the first-time buyer of farm real estate. Even if you’ve bought a home or farm in the past, however, you’ll very likely learn new things here about the particulars of buying farm property.
