Ag Lease 101 – New Website Housing North Central Lease Bulletins and Sample Leases

Barry Ward, Leader, Production Business Management

More than half the cropland in the North Central Region of the United States is rented. Rental rate and leasing information is highly sought by both land owners and land operators.

AgLease101.org includes multi-state materials which help land owners and land operators discuss and resolve issues to avoid legal risk. The website also guides both land owners and land operators towards informed and equitable decisions.

AgLease101 was created by a team of economists and attorneys as a part of the North Central Farm Management Extension Committee. AgLease101 is online at: http://www.aglease101.org/

The “Document Library” within AgLease101 contains the newly revised bulletins and sample leases in pdf format for free download and use. The sample lease forms are all in a fillable pdf format to allow users to input their own lease values and other specifics.

Revised Lease Bulletins include:

Fixed and Flexible Cash Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-01)

Crop Share Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-02)

Pasture Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-03)

Newly revised sample leases include:

Fixed and Flexible Cash Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-01A)

Crop Share Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-02A)

Pasture Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-03A)

AgLease101 also includes a section of “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQ) and a section “For Educators” that includes curriculum, teaching materials and web resources that can be used by state and county level Extension educators to conduct producer land rent / leasing workshops.

The North Central Farm Management Extension Committee is comprised of Extension Educators from the North Central Region of the United States. They provide leadership in the development of high quality research based extension programs and publications that anticipate and meet the ever changing business management educational needs of agricultural producers of the North Central States. Their programs and publications capitalize on the expertise of farm management faculty from throughout the region and country.

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