Has the recent increase in market volatility revived the crop-share lease?
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The last few years have been a truly exciting time for row-crop agriculture. Farmers have experienced unprecedented profits and agricultural land values have risen significantly. However, the recent surge in commodity prices that created such gangbuster farm profits appears for the moment to be receding back to customary levels, thanks largely to the estimated 13.9 billion bushel U.S. corn crop produced in 2013. From a leasing perspective, this newfound agricultural volatility presents both challenges and opportunities for landlords hoping to get the most return from their agricultural land and tenant farmers looking to balance risk from unpredictable markets.
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Adam J. Kline
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP
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On July 17, 2014, the IALF will hold an estate and succession planning event at the Indiana Farm Bureau home office in Indianapolis. The program will incorporate the legal considerations of an estate plan with the dynamics that may affect a farm family’s succession planning. Keep reading the Spotlight for more information.
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