Landowner #30163
108 acre farm. 30+ acres currently available for management intensive grazing. This land has been in CRP for 40 years. Our goal as owners is to have the land grazed so that the soil becomes magnificently productive and healthy and supports magnificent and healthy livestock! There is currently no infrastructure-no fencing, no water- so it’s a “blank slate”. There is a large bank barn which will be rehabbed in the next 1-2 years. There is a 1-2 acre pond, and a small stream. In the future there is a possibility for an additional 30 some acres to be added (we currently lease to a farmer who harvests hay.) The farm has been in the family for 100+ years. It was formerly used as a dairy and crop farm until the late 1950s, then grazed a few cattle and harvested hay for several decades, then rented to a farmer for commodity crops for several decades. The farm is currently partially idle and partially hay cropped. We do not want chemical sprays or commercial fertilizers used.
Landowner Listing 30139
We have a 55 acre farm in southern Mercer County, PA (near Lawrence County line). For the past 10 years or so, many of the fields (20-25 acres) have been leased out for conventional commodity crop production. Today, there are 10-15 acres that are not under cultivation and we are exploring alternative agrobusiness uses for this land with a longer-term view of expanding these alternative uses to other parts of the farm. Broadly speaking, initial aspirations are using the land to: About the land55 relatively flat acres set in southern Mercer County near the Lawrence County line. Originally a small dairy farm no livestock or other animals have been raised or used on the farm in the past 20 years.Other features:• About 10 acres of woodland.• 1 acre pond – was previously stocked but not recently.• Frequented by deer, wild turkeys, rabbits, racoons, muskrats, and a variety of birds. No bears have been seen on the property.• Wild blackberry and raspberry bushes• A few apple trees.• Bank barn presently used as a workshop and for equipment storage, but could potentially be used for additional purposes. About the locationLocated in a rural/ agricultural area of Mercer County near the village of Volant, it has easy access to Routh 19 and I-79 and is exactly 1 hour to downtown Pittsburgh (non-rush hour) and PIT airport. The local area is a mixture of well-kept Amish and non-Amish farms and other sizable land plots.Driving distances:Downtown Pittsburgh: 58 mi (1 hr – non-rush hour)Cranberry Twp 40 mi (40 min)Grove City Premium Outlet 6mi (10 min)New Wilmington 5 mi (10 min) Other points for clarity: