[Market-farming] Question on Leasing Land, what price?

Road's End Farm organic87 at frontiernet.net
Tue Apr 21 22:14:41 EDT 2009


On Apr 21, 2009, at 5:04 PM, Flying S Farms wrote:

>  We are in Middle Tennessee, starting our 6th year of market farming. 
> Currently farm 2 acres and have the opportunity to lease 5 acres about 
> 30 minutes outside of town. We have never leased before and want to 
> pay the man a fair price for the land; what is the going rate for 
> leasing land? It has water access and under lock and key.
>   

I'm getting $50 an acre for a field of mine which is leased out for 
growing organic hay crops. The land is of moderate quality and in a 
rural area. It has a little drain tile installed, but not as much as it 
needs; and no irrigation water available to the renter.

I expect it varies a good deal, depending on quality of soil, condition 
of land, any improvements to the land, prices in the general area, how 
much farm land is available for renting in the area, etc. I also don't 
know what you mean by "under lock and key" -- do you mean the land is 
fenced in with locked gates? do you mean the water access is in some 
fashion locked up? -- and don't know whether by "water access" you mean 
easy access to irrigation water, or a full fledged irrigation system, 
or if you mean a potable water supply for produce washing etc. -- and 
the value of water varies a great deal from place to place, also.

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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