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6 stories, newest first.
Hunting lease income runs from a few dollars an acre to more than the cash rent on some ground, and it is money the cows do not know about. What a lease should say, what liability actually looks like, what a recreational-use statute does and does not protect you from, and how to keep hunters from becoming a problem for the cattle.
Oct 17
Corn is back near $5, inputs are not coming down, and the state surveys say rents barely moved. Landlords have heard about the rally; tenants have the cost sheet. How to walk into the meeting with a number, what a flex lease does for both sides, and the termination deadlines that already passed.
Oct 9
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program is the biggest pot of cost-share money most ranchers never apply for. Applications are accepted year-round, but each state sets ranking cutoffs, and most of them land between October and January. What it covers, what it pays, and how to get in line.
Sep 29
Fewer farms than ever will owe federal estate tax. Most farms still fail the transition anyway, for reasons that have nothing to do with tax. The first four steps, and the conversation most families put off until it is too late.
Sep 20
With nitrogen forecast to hold at $750 to $800 a ton through fall and corn back near $5, the fall-versus-spring decision is closer than it has been in years. The agronomy has not changed; the economics have.
Sep 6
The Chicago Fed's second-quarter survey shows land holding its nominal value while the real decline is the largest since 2016. Repayment problems are at their highest since 2020. Iowa and Illinois are up; Indiana and Wisconsin are down.
Sep 6
