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MidWest Plan Service
University-based publishing cooperative of 12 North Central region land-grant universities and USDA
Free lease forms

Colorado
Crop Share Lease Agreements-PDF (Colorado State University)
Fixed-Cash Crop Lease Agreements - PDF (Colorado State University)
Flexible-Cash Crop Lease Agreements - PDF (Colorado State University)

Florida
Sugarcane  Lease-Palm Beach County
Lessor: Internal Improvement Trust, State of Florida
Lessee: Vandergrift-Williams Farms Inc.
Term: 20 years 4/1995-4/2015
Link to Lease

Sugarcane  Lease-Palm Beach County
Lessor: Internal Improvement Trust, State of Florida
Lessee: Vandergrift-Williams Farms Inc.
Term: 6 years, 7 months 10/1988-10/1995
Link to Lease

Sugarcane Lease-Palm Beach County
Lessor: Internal Improvement Trust, State of Florida
Lessee: New Hope Sugar Company (Okeelanta)
Term: 20 years 4/1995 – 4/2015
Link to Lease

Sugarcane Lease-Palm Beach County
Lessor: Internal Improvement Trust, State of Florida
Lessee: Okeelanta Corp.
Term: 20 years 10/1995 – 10/2015
Link to Lease

Sugarcane Lease-Palm Beach County
Lessor: Internal Improvement Trust, State of Florida
Lessee: Cloister Farms Inc. (Okeelanta)
Term: 20 years 4/1995 – 4/2015
Link to Lease


Georgia
Cash Rents Paid for Georgia Farmland in 2004—PDF (University of Georgia)
What Can You Pay or Charge for Land Rent? 12/02 (University of Georgia)
Cash Rent Lease Agreement (University of Georgia)

Illinois
Are cash rents too high? (Univ. of Illinois)
Average Cash Rents Paid by Illinois Farms (University of Illinois)
Leasing Fact Sheets (University of Illinois)
Lease Forms (University of Illinois)
Illinois Landlord’s Lien (University of Illinois)
Notice to Terminate Farm Lease (University of Illinois)

Indiana
Considerations when updating an Indiana farm lease 10/06 (Purdue Univ.)
2006 Average estimated cash rent/acre 6/07 (Purdue University)
Lease Comparison Analysis Tools (Purdue University)
Comparing Alternative Indiana Farmland Leases, 6/2005 (Purdue University)
Landlord Knowledge of Farmland Leasing: Do you need a Farm Manager? 8/2004  (Purdue University)
Legal Aspects of Indiana Farmland Leases and Federal Tax Considerations (Purdue University)

Iowa
2009 Cash Rental Rate Survey (Iowa State Univ.)
Computing a cropland cash rental rate 2/09 (Iowa State Univ.)
Crop share leasing provisons-2008 (Iowa State Univ.)
Lease supplement for investing in improvements on a rented farm—Iowa State Univ.
Lease supplement for obtaining conservation practices & controlling soil loss—Iowa State Univ.
2008 Farm Building Rental Rate Survey 9/08 (Iowa State Univ.)
2008 Cash Rental Rate Survey (Iowa State Univ.)
How to compute a cropland cash rental rate (8/07) (Iowa State Univ.)
Cash Rent Estimator spreadsheet for corn/soybean land (7/07) (Iowa State Univ.)
2007 Cash Rental Rate Survey (Iowa State University)
Cash Rental Rates for Iowa 2005 Survey—PDF (Iowa State University)
Estimating Cash Rental Rates for Farmland—PDF 7/05 (Iowa State University)
Iowa Farmland Purchase Analysis Excel spreadsheet Updated 06/2005 (Iowa State University)
Historic County Cropland Rental Rates—PDF 4/2005 (Iowa State University)
Crop-Share Leasing Provisions - PDF 1/2005  (Iowa State University)
Greene County, Iowa Cash Rental Trends—PDF 2004 (Iowa State University)
Computing a Cropland Cash Rental Rate 7/2003 (Iowa State University)
Improving Your Farm Lease Contract, 6/2003 - PDF (Iowa State University)
Farmland Leases  (Iowa State University)

Kansas
Pasture leasing arrangements in Kansas (Kansas State Univ.)
2008 Irrigated crop-share leasing arrangements (Kansas State Univ.)
2008 Bluestem Pasture Report (Kansas Agricultural Statistics)
2007 Bluestem Pasture Report (Kansas Agricultural Statistics)
2006 Bluestem Pasture Report (Kansas Agricultural Statistics)
Value of Water Rights-rent approach Excel Program (Kansas State University)
Determining Pasture Rents in the Flint Hills of Kansas, 3,2006 (Kansas State University)

Minnesota
2007 Cropland Rental Rants for Minnesota Counties (University of Minnesota)
2006 Cropland Rental Rants for Minnesota Counties (University of Minnesota)
2005 Cropland Rental Rates for Minnesota Counties (Univ. of Minnesota)
Southern Minnesota Land Rental Survey 2003-2004—PDF (University of Minnesota)

Missouri
2006 Cash Rental Rates in Missouri (University of Missouri)

Nebraska
2007-2008 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Developments Report (Univ. of Neb.)
2008 Lease Calculator (Univ. of Neb.)
2006-2007 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Developments Report (Univ. of Neb.)
2007 Cash Rental Rates—preliminary (Univ. of Nebraska)
2007 Lease Calculator (University of Nebraska)
Crop Rental Rates 2006 (University of Nebraska)

North Dakota
Land values and county rents (North Dakota Agricultural Statistics)
2007 County rents & values (North Dakota Agricultural Statistics)

Ohio
Cropland Values & Cash Rents 2006-2007 (Ohio State Univ.)
Cropland Values & Cash Rents 2005-2006 (Ohio State University)
Ohio Cash Rents, 2005 (Ohio Agricultural Statistics)
Farm Rental Agreement Guidelines, 8/2004 (Ohio State University)
Ohio Farm Real Estate Markets, 2003 (Ohio State University)
Rental Premiums for Share vs. Cash Leases, 2002 (Ohio State University)
Precision Farming and Land Leasing Practices, 10/2001 (Ohio State University)
Flexible-Cash Rents for Farmland, 1998 (Ohio State University)
Farm Rental Agreement Checklist (Ohio State University)
Managing Landlord-Tenant Relationships: A Strategic Perspective (Ohio State University)
Crop Share Leasing in Ohio (Ohio State University)
Tax Issues for Farm Rental Agreements (Ohio State University)

Oklahoma
Cash Lease Guide 5/07 (Okla. State Univ.)
Share Lease Guild 5/07 (Okla. State. Univ.)
Cropland Rental Rates: 2006-2007 (Okla. State Univ.) 
Pasture Rental Rates: 2006-2007 (Okla. State Univ.)
Developing Share Lease Agreements for Farmland  1/231/07 (Okla. State Univ.)
Developing Cash Lease Agreements for Farmland 1/31/07 (Okla. State Univ.)
Cropland Rental Rates: 2004-2005 (Oklahoma State University) 
Pasture Rental Rates: 2004-2005 (Oklahoma State University)
Stock Lease Agreements 11/05 (Oklahoma State University) 
Negotiation Strategies, 12/04 (Oklahoma State University)
Tax Consequences Cash vs. Crop Share Lease 12/04 (Oklahoma State University)
Developing Share Lease Agreements 11/2004 - PDF (Oklahoma State University)
Developing Cash Lease Agreements 4/2004 - PDF (Oklahoma State University)

Kansas
Land Values and Cash Rents 10/05 (Kansas State University)
Hunting Leases in Kansas (Kansas State University)
Hunting Lease Example 2/04 (Kansas State University)
Land Values and Cash Rents at the County Level 8/03 (Kansas State University)
Leasing Cropground 2003 (Kansas State University)
Grazing Leases 2003 (Kansas State University)
Landowner vs. Tennant: Why are Land Rents so High?- Aug. 2002 (Kansas State University)
Determining Cropland Cash Rental Arrangements 2/99 (Kansas State University)

South Dakota
2007 South Dakota Agricultural Land Market Trends (South Dakota State Univ.)

Virginia
2006 Supplement Northern District Farmland Leasing Survey, Jan, 2006 (Virginia Tech)
2005 Land Lease Survey Report for Southwest Virginia (Virginia Tech)
2005 Northern District Farmland Leasing Survey, June, 2005 (Virginia Tech)

Washington
Analyzing Dryland Crop Leases (Washington State University) 

Wisconsin
2006-07 Pierce County farmland cash rent survey (UW Extension)
2005 Barron County cash rental rates (UW Extension)
2004 Barron County cash rental rates (UW Extension)

Canada
Establishing a farmland cash rental rate (Allyn Tastad, Hounjet Tastad, Saskatoon)
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