Disappearing Minnesota Farms

[@wardaddy6595]

Change is constant, but not always for the best.

[@micnorton9487]

Agree,, those suburban cul-de-sacs are MONUMENTALLY unsustainable...

[@vaughnwilliams6234]

Thanks for documenting these farms and history and showing people what we are destroying. So wrong., so sad.

[@micnorton9487]

It is sad, but there's still the small towns all over that seem almost timeless... The farm I grew up on is shortly to be gobbled up by the Minneapolis metro but outstate,, there's slow growth around the towns and the farms still exist but get bigger with bigger machines...

[@whittsendranch]

Very well done, thanks for what you do!

[@CarnivoreStork]

Thanks for your investigated historical Capture. “Gone but not forgotten” I really enjoyed this with a tear in my eye.

[@nailbender7223]

Drive by this most days . Thanks for this to remember

[@terrioestreich4007]

I love every single episode! Thank you!!

[@markbrittell2001]

Those farms and buildings withstood time but not people.

[@Christian-1-]

What must it have been like on that farm? Grown over the decades. When you say the Forner-Dahlgren farm in 1937, 1964, 1991, 2012 and finally then demolished, that's really tough. Until when was it farmed? And why was it that no one was found to continue it. Of course, one can answer these questions somehow. How proud the owners must have been. It leaves one speechless and sad. Thank you for this video!

[@andrewandres148]

Most likely the land was farmed for row crops until the developers bought it...

[@micnorton9487]

​@@andrewandres148Probably... Thing is, once the freakin city gets close, the land prices make farming, even for specialized cattle ops, comparatively unprofitable... Sick right? These huge metropolitan areas cover the farmland that MADE the city a decent place to live...

[@eeengineer8851]

I probably drove past this area 100s of times on 212 in the 90s. Interesting you mention the Wolff family have members that moved to Renville Co. I had a classmate in HS 40yrs ago who was a Wolff in Renville Co. Wonder if a relative.... For now, the original 1910s-20s buildings on the farm I grew up on in Kandiyohi Co still stand. For some, probably not too much longer before they need to come down. There is no development pressure in that area but unused and obsolete buildings cost money and most get left to decay. Now, it becomes expensive to raze them so they decay even more. Several farm building sites from ancestors or relatives are now gone and returned to crop land.

[@peter_holton]

Thank you for your well researched and presented videos. A fascinating history of ordinary places, what yt should be.

[@sparkplug5481]

Another excellent video

[@sammuelmeger7996]

I know this atea all too well. It's sad to see farms being demolished and developed for housing developments

[@kensteffes6712]

Everyone had many children in early American settlement time, and today it's all about population growth and building homes, but where will our food come from if there are fewer farms?

[@JayYoung-ro3vu]

I'm always saddened when a farm goes under the suburbanization juggernaut. Everybody in agribusiness makes tons of money except the farmer. Our state capital, and its outer ring suburbs, are readily redevolping former farmland to accommodate the expected 500,000 new residents by 2040. Also, the capital city is building new low-rise projects or transforming former office towers into residential or mixed use development in the city center/downtown.

[@sobasicallyimbillcooper4543]

why did they burn down the old house?

[@fokkerd3red618]

This almost brought tears to my eyes seeing what's happening to prime farm land. I grew up on a fairly large beef & hog farm in Michigan back in the 60's & 70's. My Dad said that factory farms would eventually rule. People today just don't understand how vital agriculture is to our country. My biggest concern today is China buying up massive amounts of real-estate. Get ready People, were on the road to Communism.

[@micnorton9487]

Uh - China isn't buying farmland, what they're buying is investment securities from American brokers and it just so happens that a lot of it is farmland... So what you're afraid of is the same capitalism That Wall Street sold you out for,, but why you're blaming the Chinese I have no idea... just because they're better at capitalism, they're to blame for something?