Leasing farmland can be a tricky process. Deciding on terms like the length of the lease, rental rates, and land improvements requires both parties to work together to find options that benefit everyone and can support a viable farm operation.
Below are resources that offer lease guidelines, lease templates, consultation services, and information on the New York State Agricultural Tax Assessment program.
- A Landowner’s Guide to Leasing Your Land to a Farmer (Land For Good)
- Black Farmers Legal Fund (Milgrom & Daskam)
- Build-A-Lease Tool (Land For Good)
- Cash Farm Lease (California Farmlink)
- Drafting a Lease: Questions For Farmers And Landowners To Ask (Farm Commons)
- Elements of a Good Farm Lease (Land For Good)
- Fair Rent (University of Minnesota, Center for Farm Financial Management)
- Farm Access Methods: A Decision Guide (Land for Good)
- Farm Cash Lease (UMD)
- Farm Lease Builder (Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School)
- Farm Rental Assessment Checklist (UVM)
- Farm Share Agreement (CA Farmlink)
- Farmland Information Center
- How to Determine the Right Farm Rental Rate (UVM)
- Intro to Leasing Farmland Webinar
- Land For Good
- Lease Your Land (Farmland Information Center)
- Lease-to-Own (Center for Agriculture and Food Systems)
- Managing Landlord-Tenant Relationships (Ohio State University Extension)
- Multi-year Cash Lease (Land For Good)
- New York State Agricultural Assessment Program
- New York State Agricultural Assessments (Mark Twentyman, Down to Earth 2013)
- New York State Agricultural Mediation Program
- Northeast Farm Access
- NY FarmNet
- Rolling Cash Lease (New England Small Farm Institute)
- Sample Cash Lease (Keep Chatham Farming)
- Sample Farm Leases (Drake University Agricultural Law Center-Sustainable Land Tenure Initiative)
- Shared Equity Arrangements (Joan Snyder)
- Short Term Cash Lease (Land For Good)
- Short Term Crop Lease (CA Farmlink)
- USDA County-Level Cash Rent Data