what constitutes your rental/crop year?

SweetFeet · Apr 4, 2013

Just curious...

If you either rent out your farmland (or you are a renter of farmland) - what does your rental agreement specify as the "crop year"?

Ours is from May 1 one year until March 1 the next spring, for our renter.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 4, 2013

My year runs Mar 1 to Mar 1, that is pretty standard here in tobacco country. The crop is planted in may and sold Dec. to Feb.

IaGary · Apr 4, 2013

Mar 1 to Mar 1 here.

May 1 to March 1 how can you get in there to get field work done during April in a timely manner?

Unless your way up north somewhere.

Why close him out for 2 months? What is your thinking on the 2 months out? just wondering.

Gary

caseyc · Apr 4, 2013

March 1st through March 1st. Do you discount for loosing those two months, especially April when he/you could be working and planting?

Dave from MN · Apr 4, 2013

My lease agreements state from date of agreement through Dec 31st of the last year stated on contract. Right now all are at 5-7 year agreements, with lease extention option amendments already written into the agreement to extend lease by two years after the first two years of lease. That way I do not get any just prior to spring surprises of losing land. I have great landlords, but with death and children with other ideas I have some pretty specific wording in it to honor the lease.

Ray · Apr 4, 2013

I never use dates,just the crop year.

SweetFeet · Apr 4, 2013

No thought/intent to "close him out", really. He is welcomed to come and work ground or plant whenever he wants - and he does.

First renter asked for May 1 - April 30 crop year. We said ok. He was not a good renter at all - real pain in the neck. Did not pick rocks, did not mow field lane and waterways... even dug through and planted a waterway that he did not like to work around. My husband had made it shallow - so easy to drive through with tractor and equipment... but it takes water that comes from highter neighboring land, so crucial to maintain it to prevent erosion.

So with the current renter (wonderful, fabulous guy - takes care of the land as if it was his own)... we simply asked for an earlier end to the crop year so if it did not work out with him - one would have a little time to look for a different renter.

Like I said though, our current renter is just a great guy! We hope he keeps farming for a long, long time yet.

WKGY's "March 1 - March 1" crop year makes more sense. I'll ask my husband and our renter if we should just write it that way.

JD Seller · Apr 4, 2013

Ours is Jan 1st to Jan 1st. Any changes to contract have to be sent notices by Sept. 1st the year before or the contract automatically is good for the next year. This is by state law. Most of the ones we have are for 3,5, or 7 years.

SweetFeet · Apr 4, 2013

Dave from MN,

5-7 years is really long term. We do 2 year contracts.

The end-time of the contract is what we question... though our renter is really great (I think we are going into years 6 & 7), what if he opted out at the last moment and left us holding the proverbial bag? Then one could have a difficult time finding a renter that year.

I think the renters just want a spring end-date just in case they did not get their crop off the land. But that virtually never seems to happen now days. I kind of like your December end-date. It seems safer from a landlord's perspective.

SweetFeet · Apr 4, 2013

JD Seller,

Thanks - every reply I get makes me think differently. Maybe Jan-Jan or Feb-Feb is the way to go.

Guess I will share these replies with "the boss" and let him decide.

Hope all went smoothly with your little nephew's funeral. Keeping daddy and mommy in prayer.

tomNE · Apr 4, 2013

sept 1 for notification of termination and march 1 for vacating. here in NE., they are in effect if there isn't a written lease; with a written lease it can be anything. i would recommend adding the vacating date to any written contract.

Mike (WA) · Apr 4, 2013

I think its set by state law (statute) in most farming states- might want to check that, and see whether or not you can change it by agreement. In Washington, residential landlord-tenant statutory provisions cannot be changed unless to make the rules more lenient toward the tenant. For example, statute says 3 day notice to pay or vacate; the parties could agree to a 5 day notice period (more lenient on the tenant), but not to a 2 day notice. Even if the 2 day notice provision was agreed to by the parties in the rental agreement, court would not enforce it.

Travis M · Apr 4, 2013

Around here, if someone would pull out and land becomes available for rent, someone would be there the same or next day to rent it. I'm not sure where you are, but might not be that way there.

Leroy · Apr 5, 2013

Think Ohio is or was by law March 1 to march 1

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