I agree with you in principle, but I hope you don't actually mean _zero_ rent, just less than top stupid dollar?
A modist, sustainable rent from a modest sized, local farmer will probably keep your land in good shape.
If you have the tax abatement deal, likely you are located in a developmental area, and someday when the ecconomy picks up your farm will be sold by the square foot for mega-bucks and be concreted over, so kinda sad to be saving it as good farmland, but that's where my heart would be as well.
Free rent tho, that doesn't really work out well. Should be getting something, but your fears of that 'top dollar chasing' are well founded.
Around here you 'hear rumors' of outsiders paying $300-400 an acre rent, average rent for great ground is $200-250, poor land is $150. A good deal for the little guy 'here' would be to get poor ground for $125, or great ground for $150-175.
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