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Farmland

Top Farmer Conference 2020

January 10, 2020 (Pre-Conference Jan. 9) | West Lafayette, Indiana

A management programs geared specifically for farmers. Surrounded by farm management, farm policy, agricultural finance and marketing experts, and a group of your peers, the conference will stimulate your thinking about agriculture’s future and how you can position your farm to be successful in the years ahead.

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Should I Use an Annual or a Multi-Year Cropland Lease?

A vast majority of cropland leases are in effect for only one year. Multi-year leases provide incentives for tenants and landowners to invest in long-term improvements, maintain soil fertility, and encourage conservation practices.

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Leasing Land

A series of leasing articles that discuss cash rents and land values.

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Incorporating Conservation Practices and Improvements into Cropland Leases?

Most operators are interested in renting ground for a long period of time, so they are also interested in long-run productivity and the soil health of each tract of land that they farm.

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Indiana Farmland Values & Rental Rates – 2019 Survey Results

Recorded August 21, 2019 | The panelists provided updated farmland value and cash rent information from the 2019 Purdue Land Value Survey.

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Flexible Cash Rent Leases

Switching from a fixed cash rent lease to a flexible cash rent lease allows a lower base rent to be established while simultaneously allowing landowners to share in relatively high crop revenues if they occur.

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2019 Indiana Pasture Land, Hay Ground, and On-Farm Grain Storage Rent

Estimates for the current rental value of pastureland, hay ground, irrigated land, and on-farm grain storage in Indiana are often difficult to locate.

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Indiana Farmland Values and Cash Rent Trends and Market Comments

Trend graphs and selected comments from 2019 Purdue Land Value Survey respondents.

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2019 Indiana Farmland Values and Cash Rents Slide Lower

After many unexpected events during the first half of the year, I’m hoping for something more normal during the second half of 2019. Who would have thought corn and soybean planting would extend into late June?

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Providing Reports for Crop Landowners

Communicating is prudent for a tenant to provide updates of crop conditions throughout the year and make sure that crop shares and possible bonuses emanating from flexible cash leases are understood by both parties.

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