Seeding good business

What's it like to be a young farmer in Minnesota?

For starters, there's an expanding variety of farms and they're being passed down to young people who supplement their agrarian passions with off-farm jobs. It's a challenge as hard as ever before, but it's not insurmountable.

"Many have other jobs, where farming is not their full-time job," said Brainerd-based University of Minnesota extension officer Nathan Hulinsky. "They need help knowing how to borrow money to run their business and how to obtain the land to farm."

To help young farmers get off on the right foot, Hulinsky is bringing his t...