Jim Ruen is an agricultural journalist who lives and works on a small farm outside La Crescent, MN. “I have had the good fortune to spend the bulk of my career sharing the work of exceptional farmers and their agronomists, as well as public and private researchers working in agriculture and related fields throughout the United States and Canada.”
Author's Archive
Walk the Walk and Talk the Talk, Too
Jim Ruen reports on efforts by one family to build a forage based farm enterprise near Altura. They host pasture walks with their children, building a legacy for the future.
Finding a Better Way, One Generation to the Next
Jim Ruen reports on an area farmer who continues a decades-long search for new ways to improve soil health and, through that, soil, water and farm profits.
