Legal Services

Farm Commons offers you skillful handling of your matter and thoughtful communication from someone who understands farm businesses.

Our attorneys have a decade of experience exploring the nuances of farm law, listening to farm business owners, and creating authentic solutions that build resilience for individual farmers.

We help farm clients with the following matters.

Please note that our availability may be very limited, as our priority is development of educational resources.

Farm and Ranch Leases

including but not limited to

Short term farmland lease

Long term farmland leases

Leases with lease-to-own or options to purchase provisions

Leases for value-added operations, on-farm sales, processing and other nuances.

Cash, crop share, profit sharing, and flexible rent leases

Farm and Ranch Business Structures

including but not limited to

Business structures for liability protection

Business structures that facilitate a farm transition plan

Business structures for value-added, processing, and other diversified business strategies

Business structures to achieve cooperative and collaborative goals among family or non-related persons.

We are able to serve farmers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Georgia. As a nonprofit organization, we offer legal services at affordable market rates only to selected farm clients in accordance with our mission.

Legal Services

Farm Commons offers you skillful handling of your matter and thoughtful communication from someone who understands farm businesses.​

Farm and Ranch Leases

including but not limited to

Short term farmland lease

Long term farmland leases

Leases with lease-to-own or options to purchase provisions

Leases for value-added operations, on-farm sales, processing and other nuances.

Cash, crop share, profit sharing, and flexible rent leases

Farm and Ranch Business Structures

including but not limited to

Business structures for liability protection

Business structures that facilitate a farm transition plan

Business structures for value-added, processing, and other diversified business strategies

Business structures to achieve cooperative and collaborative goals among family or non-related persons.

Guiding Resilience: A Legal Workshop for Ag Service Providers, Fall 2025

This five-week workshop empowers ag service providers in guiding farmers and ranchers towards legal resiliency. Join us in learning the 10 best practices of farm legal risk management.

Live sessions meet at 12 pm CDT on 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, and 10/14

Guiding Resilience: A Legal Workshop for Ag Service Providers, Fall 2025

This five-week workshop empowers ag service providers in guiding farmers and ranchers towards legal resiliency. Join us in learning the 10 best practices of farm legal risk management.

Live sessions meet at 12 pm CDT on 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, and 10/14

Farm Commons offers you skillful handling of your matter and thoughtful communication from someone who understands farm businesses.

This five-week workshop empowers ag service providers in guiding
farmers and ranchers towards legal resiliency.
Join us in learning the 10 best practices of farm legal risk management.

This five-week workshop empowers ag service providers in guiding
farmers and ranchers towards legal resiliency.
Join us in learning the 10 best practices of farm legal risk management.