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A nearby property has gone fallow over the last several years. When I was a kid, (25/30 yrs ago) we put up hay in these fields every year. Now, it has overgrown with multi-floral roses, buck brush, cedar trees, and other saplings up to 6” or 8”. There are two fields on this property that used to make 2000 to 2500 small square bales each year so maybe 100 to 125 round bales max which is just enough to feed my small herd. The owner lives in the St. Louis area and hasn’t been down here for several years now. I approached him last spring with an offer of clearing the fields and bringing them back to productive hay fields. In trade, I think ten years of free hay and continued upkeep (my cost) is fare. He offered three years before I would start paying for the hay. I didn’t take the deal. I would need to rent a dozer at 1500+, plus the fuel and labor just to clear and level the fields during the winter. Then I my thoughts were to spray the fields once in the spring and again late summer to kill the remaining brush, briars, weeds, etc. To replant, I figured lime in the spring, seed and fertilizer in early fall. The first hay crop would be the following summer. I’m not being greedy but considering the cost and time involved, I think ten years is a reasonable contractual time line for the hay. Not to mention the improvement to his land. Am I off base here?
 
How much acreage is the property? Was it all field at one point? Reason I ask is that if the entire property can be used as field, I would offer to pay the property taxes for as long as I was using the property and in the end leave him with a property that has actually increased in value. If you can lock him into a 10 year deal and have first opportunity if he wants to sell, even better.
 
The entire farm is 110 to 120 acres I think but only 15 to 20 acres are what used to be fields in the last 25 yrs. Another part of the property has a ridge field that had nearly mature trees on it when I was a kid. I have no idea how big it is but I would guess another 15 to 20 acres. As far as property taxes, that may work although they are so cheap here that it may not intice him much.
 
I would say you are right on the money with a 10 yr lease
I sure wouldn't do it for anything less
plus I would put in the contract that the landowner had to pay your for your labor if he sold the property at anytime before the 10 yrs was up
you could figure the cost on a pro rated basis pr yr
plus also you would need to but in that if the landowner sold the property after a certain date of the yr that he would also reimburse you for fertilizer cost for that yr
 
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Happy yo be here ANAZAZI! I havent been here much lately but I am on medical leave for a hernia surgery and don't have much else to do. I am usually too busy to mess around on the computer after hours besides, I am on it so much for work, I try to stay away on my free time.

Still thinking on this fallow land deal. Not sure what I will do.

Thanks!
 
Five year leases are pretty common here. Some seven year leases. Really depends on how much you are putting into the property. You could ask for cost sharing if a 10 year lease is not acceptable... What happens if the owner decides to sell in less than 10 years?
 

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