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Ag Lease 101

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Iowa State University’s Beginning Farmer Center’s Ag Lease 101 has an excellent page of different lease forms, including cash, crop-share, pasture, building, machinery and livestock rental leases. You can find sample agricultural lease templates here:

  • Cash Farm Lease  
  • Crop Share Lease 
  • Pasture Lease 
  • Farm Buildings or Livestock Facilities Lease 
  • Farm Machinery Lease 
  • Livestock Rental Lease

 

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Lease Agreements Guide for Landowners and Farmers

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  To access the Lease Agreements Guide for Landowners and Farmers resource, click here. 

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https://www.uvm.edu/sites/default/files/media/leaseagreementguide.pdf

How to Determine the Right Farm Rental Rate

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  To access the resource, How to Determine the Right Farmland Rental Rate, click here. 

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https://www.uvm.edu/newfarmer/land/RentalGuide.pdf

Finding Land to Farm: Six ways to Secure Farmland

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To access the resource, Finding Land to Farm: Six ways to Secure Farmland, click here. 

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https://attra.ncat.org/publication/finding-land-to-farm/

Farmland Lease Rate Information

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The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service offers annually updated cash rent rates by county for each state. You can also search agricultural statistics by state here. 

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Farm Lease Builder - Farm Access Legal Toolkit

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To access the Farm Lease Builder - Farm Access Legal Toolkit, click here.

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https://farmlandaccess.org/farm-lease-builder/

Elements of a Good Lease

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To access the resource, Elements of a Good Lease, click here.

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https://www.californiafarmlink.org/resource-library/elements-of-a-good-lease

Agricultural Cash Lease Template

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This template of an agricultural cash lease is available to download from California Farm Link's website. 

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https://www.californiafarmlink.org/resource-library/agricultural-cash-lease-template

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