OSU Extension to Offer Farmland Leasing Workshops

By:Peggy Kirk Hall, Attorney and Director, Agricultural & Resource Law Program Tuesday, January 13th, 2015

Ohio State University Extension will offer four Farmland Leasing Workshops throughout Ohio this February.

The three hour workshops will include topics of interest to both landowners and farm operators, such as factors affecting leasing options and rental rates, analyzing rent survey data and legal requirements and provisions for farm leases.  The speakers will help attendees consider how to use data in negotiations and to apply legal information to leasing practices.

Workshop presenters include Barry Ward, Assistant Professor, OSU Extension and Leader, Production Business Management and Peggy Hall, Assistant Professor, OSU Extension and Director of OSU's Agricultural & Resource Law Program.  

Topics included in the workshop are:

  • Factors affecting leasing options and rates
  • Evaluating cash rent survey data
  • Farmland leasing options:  fixed and flexible cash leases
  • Creating a legally enforceable lease
  • Legal provisions in farmland leases
  • Analyzing good and bad leasing practices

Dates and Locations of Farmland Leasing Workshops:

February 4, 2015, 9:00 am—12:00 pm
Fairfield County Ag Center, Lancaster  
Registration:  Call OSU Extension at 740-653-5419.  A program on the Farm Bill will follow the Farmland Leasing Workshop. $10 registration fee for both programs.
 
February 6, 2015, 1:00–4:00 pm
Kent State University Tuscarawas, New Philadelphia
Registration:  Call OSU Extension at 330-339-2337.  $15 registration fee.  

February 11, 6:00–9:00 pm
Paulding County Extension Office, Paulding
Registration:  Call OSU Extension at  419-399-8225.  $20 registration fee if registered by February 4.

February 20, 9:00 am—12:00 pm
Greene County Career Center,  Xenia
Registration:  Call OSU Extension at 937-372-9972, x114.  Call by February 16 for free registration.

Check the events calendar at https://farmoffice.osu.edu for workshop details.
 

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