shares in Hay?

indianabuckman · Apr 1, 2020

I lease out 30+ acres in corn and beans the last 12 years and now my renter does not want to put out crops any more. I ask him if he would be interested in putting out hay. My question is how do most share crop hay? I was thinking 50/50 down the middle. He has the equipment and I got the land. We split the cost of seeds and fertilizer and I would help him getting it in. I do have tractors I can use.

jon f mn · Apr 1, 2020

That's a fairly common way here, or 1/4-1/3 for you and he
does it all.

old · Apr 1, 2020

In my area the guy cutting and baling the hay gets 2/3 and the land owner get 1/3. Been that way sine back in 1980 when I moved here

coshoo · Apr 1, 2020

I always did 1/3 landowner, 2/3 for me, I do everything.

fastfarmall · Apr 1, 2020

The Land owner gets 30% and the guy doing the work gets 70% here!

Paul from MI · Apr 1, 2020

I have a small parcel with a power line own the middle, really difficult to crop. I plant and fertilize. Neighbor cuts and bales and pats me a fixed price per bale. Works for both of us because it's impossible to spray with 120' boom and smaller haying equipment is fine.

PJH · Apr 1, 2020

I'm a hay sharecropper. The landowner gets 1/3 and I get 2/3. I do all of the work and buy all of the fertilizer. He sells his 1/3 to me. I'm in Southern Illinois.

C.Amick · Apr 1, 2020

The guy that cuts our hay pays us for 1/3 of it. He covers all the expenses for fertilizer and lime.

sammydwm · Apr 2, 2020

Last time I seeded alfalfa on shares it was a neighbors field and he provided the alfalfa seed. I provided the oats as a nurse crop and all labor and machinery. We split the oats and straw 50/50 and after that same with the hay.
On another place I cut and bale several acres a guy owns in a subdiv. Never fertilized or reseeded. I get 75%.

Bobl1958 · Apr 2, 2020

With two different landlords, both are 1/3 for them, and 2/3's for me. I usually buy their 1/3 back. A good friend of mine has a 10 acre patch of brome. He wants me to bale it for him just to get it taken off each year. Gives me the hay, and I do the work. Haven't fertilized yet in the 4 years I have done it, but it is still a good producer. Bob

indianabuckman · Apr 2, 2020

PJH do you care to say what you give per bale for his part.

indianabuckman · Apr 2, 2020

How much do you get per bale, the size of bale and what type of hay?

showcrop · Apr 2, 2020

(quoted from post at 15:00:16 04/01/20) I lease out 30+ acres in corn and beans the last 12 years and now my renter does not want to put out crops any more. I ask him if he would be interested in putting out hay. My question is how do most share crop hay? I was thinking 50/50 down the middle. He has the equipment and I got the land. We split the cost of seeds and fertilizer and I would help him getting it in. I do have tractors I can use.

Here in NH the landowner gets 5% if anything. If they buy the lime and pay me to spread it they could get 20%.

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