-The challenge is, farms providing important winter crops can not stay in business if they only farm during the fall/winter- they must also make money the rest of the year, so to stay in business they farm this dry state year-round, using a lot of water in the process.

In Oregon and Washington we have our own nuttiness with windpower farms which cost more taxpayer money in maintenance alone then they will ever produce in energy savings.

If you don't have money or the property is out of your farm area wholesale it 

As the family farm is in Dakota county, Id like to focus on Farmington, Rosemount, and surrounding areas, maybe northfield or Faribault.send me a message and lets see if something can be constructed!

We bought an old farm that was a great deal and fixed up the main house and rented it out.

Some niches I'd think of in your area would be catering to migrant farm workers.  

This will be your Farming Area.

I'm a former builder turned pastor, turned side hustle flipper and now moving into rentals.

Think about it, most likely a family is NOT going to want to live in a 2/1 and a old farm house converted to updown duplex...nope. downstairs neighbor going to hate a family it they moved in upstairs due to noise kids will make ...Plus old farm house maintenance nightmare going to nickel and dime you to death...and it's a converted duplex pass. 

They are a real estate law firm, who, it appears, has preferred relationships with brokers that they work with and farm the business out to.