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Farm Lease Agreement

Lease cropland with cash, flexible, or crop-share rent, farming practices, program payments, and notice to end the lease. Preview first.

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What this document does

A written lease of cropland, with optional pasture, buildings, and grain bins, between a landowner and a farm tenant for one crop year, a fixed number of years, or year to year, covering cash, flexible cash, or crop-share rent, farming and conservation practices, government program payments, crop and liability insurance, the landowner's retained rights, improvements, fences and waterways, and what happens at the end, with the notice needed to end a year-to-year lease checked against the state rules LeaseCraft has verified. It is not a pasture-only grazing lease, a custom farming contract, or a sale or option to buy the farm.

What it covers

  • Parties
  • The Farm and the Term
  • Rent
  • Farming Practices
  • Government Programs and Insurance
  • Access, Improvements, and Upkeep
  • Ending the Lease
  • State Farm Tenancy Rules
  • Additional Terms
  • General Provisions
  • Acknowledgment

A template you fill in yourself from your own answers. LeaseCraft is not a law firm and does not give legal advice; for advice about your situation, talk to a lawyer.

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Included with LeaseCraft Annual ($19.99/year).

Questions about the Farm Lease Agreement

The farm and its legal description, tillable acres, any pasture, buildings, or grain bins, the length of the lease, the rent and when it is paid, farming and conservation practices, soil fertility, government program payments, crop and liability insurance, the landowner's retained rights, improvements, fences and waterways, and what happens when the lease ends.

Cash rent per tillable acre or as a flat amount per year, flexible cash rent with a base rent and a bonus figured by a formula you describe, or a crop share with the landowner's percentage and a table showing who pays for seed, fertilizer, chemicals, and drying.

The lease sets the last day each year for either side to give written notice ending it at the end of the lease year. Many states set their own notice rules for farm tenancies. LeaseCraft checks the notice date you choose against the rules it has verified for your state and shows a checklist note; where it could not verify a state's rule, the note says so and you should confirm the rule before relying on the notice date.

No. LeaseCraft is not a law firm. The lease is prepared from your answers. For a large operation, a lease with an option to buy, livestock facilities, or a dispute with a current tenant, consider talking to a lawyer or your extension office.

You choose how many days the tenant may come back to harvest a crop it planted if the lease ends early, and whether the landowner repays the tenant for approved fall work and fertilizer for a crop the tenant will not harvest.

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