Your ground needs organic matter as much as fertilizer. The best way is manure but you say there is none around.
1) Check your soil PH. Many times poor soils is acidic. Needing lime.
2) Is the ground flat enough to plow without erosion??? IF it is then plant a cover crop with commercial fertilizer to get it to grow. When it is pretty tall plow it under. Then seed again and repeat.
I had a spot that was maybe 2-3 acres that was poor. I did the cover crop and plow method for two year straight. I plowed it four times. The last time I ran soil tests and limed an fertilized it. I seeded it to grass/clover. I let it grow for hay for a few years. I then left the hay one spring and plowed it under. I planted late corn on it. I then disk the stalks down.
The ground there is still not top ground but it will produce 7-80% of the better ground. I now hit it with manure with a lot of bedding in it. That had helped it too.
How far north are you in MN. There should be someone that has hog manure around you that you could buy. Around here they are some times looking for ground to spread on.
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