A few sharecropping questions

Erik Ks farmer · Dec 30, 2011

I sharecrop a fair amount of my ground and have done a little more research into the common terms in the area. I recently put a bid in the rent some ground from a landlord whom I have been on good terms with in pasture and hay leases. Curious as to what is common in other areas as far as shared input expenses. Say shares of 60/40 and 67/33.

buickanddeere · Dec 30, 2011

Run 1/3 to 2/3 with just a hand shake when I seen
my neighbor on the street in town one day.
Made more $$$ off the land in the past two years
than any other seasons.

nickg · Dec 30, 2011

We have started doing more cash rent on land because it works out better with our crop insurance and in years when we have to dry the corn its easier since we dont have a scale. But most of what we do share crop on grain is in thirds. Usually a 2/3 and 1/3 rd split. We do have some ground that is a 3/5ths 2/5ths split but thats only a family members ground that we farm. Around here its getting harder to find landlords willing to share crop. Most of the older landowners still willing and really only want to do it that way but there kids/grandkids want the money and not to bare any of the burden which is understandable in some cases especially if the land is divided among several people. Thats kinda how it seems in my corner of SW Indiana.

nickg · Dec 30, 2011

Sorry Eric didnt see the expensises part. Generally what we do is we pay all the input costs up fraont and settle with them latter on there part of the expense. There paying all the taxes and such so we figure in that, and say if we have to replace a culvert or something like that we figure that in as well. I found its usually easier to settle up at the end of the fall. All our sharecrop lands are just on a handshake deal and we have farmed all of them for a long while.

Erik Ks farmer · Dec 30, 2011

Thanks Nick, I bid to farm some ground that belongs to a family I have rented pasture and hay ground from for several years. The landholder expected me to foot all the input costs on a 2/3, 1/3 lease. I didn't think anyone leased ground in that way anymore.

Piddletime_SC · Dec 30, 2011

Around here in my area it is the inverse. I think there are some landlords that would like a cropshare arrangement but I think the farmers are little reluctant. Cash rent prices are extremely low in my little area. Not really helping the original poster but it is interesting to see the differences in the country and the way things are done.

thurlow · Dec 30, 2011

It's all about what's common in your area; from what I read on ag forums, there's a tremendous difference in different parts of the country, continent, hemisphere. Around 'here', it used to be that most row-crop ground was rented 1/4--3/4 and the landowner paid his share of seed and fertlizer. Some was also rented 1/3--2/3 with the same arrangment. Now-a-days, I'm not aware of any landlord paying any crop costs at all and most have gone to cash rent only.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 30, 2011

My sisters and I own land in Decatur County on a 2/3--1/3 share basis. We pay 1/3 of the fertilizer and chemicals; the tenant takes care of everything else. On pasture rent, it's cash and he even covers the fence and well repairs because he's so happy to lease from us.

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