Land Matters Resources

Purchasing, leasing, and managing land are essential to farm life. In this section, you’ll find guidebooks, model leases, webinars and podcasts, and other resources on the legal issues involved in acquiring farmland.

FAQ: Purchasing Land for Your Farm Operation

Purchasing farmland is a big step. Do you have the answers you need?

FAQ: Land Leasing for Your Sustainable Farm Enterprise

A farmland lease is a relationship between the farmer, the owner, and the land. Here are some ways to make it work well.

Drafting A Lease: Questions For Farmers And Landowners To Ask

This checklist provides issues to consider and questions for farmers and landowners to ask when developing their own farmland lease.

Farm Commons Episode Ten: Introduction to Agroforestry

Podcast: In this episode we discuss specific legal issues for agroforestry ventures, including long-term leases.

Farm Commons Episode Four: Write it Down! Farmland Leases

Podcast: This episode covers some basic tips for creating an effective farmland lease.

Farm Commons Episode One: Funds for Farms

Podcast: This episode provides insights for how to finance your farmland lease or purchase.

Chemical Drift Response Tipsheet--Who is responsible and what actions can the organic farmer take to recover damages from chemical drift?

This tipsheet provides an overview of Wisconsin and Minnesota laws relating to chemical drift and outlines steps farmers can take if their farms fall victim to chemical drift.

Chemical Drift Prevention Tipsheet--What actions can organic farmers take to protect their crops from chemical drift?

This tipsheet identifies proactive ways farmers in MN and WI can safeguard their farm from the threats of chemical drift.

Lease: Who’s Responsible for What Under a Farmland Lease? Tipsheet

This tipsheet highlights some standard ways that landowners and farmers allocate responsibilities in a basic farmland lease.

Lease Termination Tipsheet--My landlord wants to end our lease. Can the landlord do that, and can I prevent it?

This tip sheet sheds light on Minnesota and Wisconsin laws surrounding lease termination.

Fence Law Tipsheet-- A new property survey conflicts with a fence and the property line that has been followed for decades. What now?

This tipsheet provides WI and MN farmers guidance on resolving this type of dispute in their favor.

Inspirations for Creating a Long-Term Agricultural Lease for Agroforestry: A Workbook

This Workbook offers an overview of legal considerations for long-term leases that address key particularities of agroforestry.

Financing Farmland through an Effective Land Contract: A Toolbox

Learn what a land contract is, how it works, and what you need to write one. The guide walks through the legal elements and includes a checklist and sample land contract.

Financing Your Farm Operation Through Personal Loans: Promissory Notes

In this toolbox, readers will learn the essentials of promissory notes through a guide, checklist, example situation, and sample promissory note with explanatory annotations.

Creating a Strong Incubator Farm Lease: A Toolbox

Learn the basic components of a lease for an incubator farm program. Includes a sample lease, equipment manual, and animal husbandry manual.

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