Completed Project Report


North Central Extension Farm Management Committee Lease Modernization

  • Award Amount: $49,741
  • Regional Center: North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center
  • Grant Program: 2011 Unrestricted Grants
  • Project Director: Arlin Brannstrom
  • Email: ajbranns@wisc.edu
  • Organization: UW Center for Dairy Profitability

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Project Overview

More than half the cropland in the North Central Region is rented. Rental rate and leasing information is highly sought by both landlords and tenants. Objective materials that help guide sensitive negotiations on cash, crop-share, variable-cash, pasture, building machinery and other leases arrangements is highly valued.

The project developed multi-state materials to help producers and land owners discuss and resolve issues to avoid legal risk and guide both land owners and renters towards informed and equitable decisions.

This grant allowed a team of economists and attorneys to create new video and web based teaching materials for educators and producers throughout the North Central Region. The videos and teaching materials are hosted by the Center for Farm Financial Management. The project URL is http://www.aglease101.org

In addition to individual state level leasing workshops and webinars were conducted in various formats in several states within the region.

The teaching materials and web resources will are used by state and county level Extension instructors to conduct producer land rent / leasing workshops throughout the region.

Number of Participants: 2500

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