[AT] Dealing with landlords when needing rented land

[Mike M]

In Michigan, you can elect  to have your long term farm in to a
"Centennial Farm" it can never be developed  and must always be be
farmed. You would receive a huge property tax break, but could never be
developed .

Mike M



On 5/14/2022 4:35 PM, ustonThomas Mehrkam wrote:
> Yep. I am on my grandfather's farm in Waller. Retired moved house on
> the place. Built a 48x75 shop. Well septic power.
>
> Running cattle and producing Hay. Now the land around me is being sold
> and developed. 1200 acres here 2400 acres there both residential and
> commercial. All roads under construction.
>
> 😫
>
> Houston is moving to Waller. 😠
>
> Should have Retired 200 miles out instead of only 60. Land is selling
> for $7500 per acre.
>
> Probably Californians 👿
>
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>     On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 1:55 PM, Cecil Bearden
>     <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>     This just a rant, but I gotta spill it..
>     > I just found my landlords daughter mowing the best area on the
>     lease I
>     > have so she can run her horses on it.  This 6 acre spot last year
>     > produced 60 bales.   I had fertilized it heavily for the last 3
>     > years.  It is on the 110 acres I have leased under written contract
>     > which specifies that any changes have to be made in writing 30
>     days in
>     > advance.  I am supposed to roll over because she is losing her
>     place
>     > for her horses after she moved here from texas.   She thinks she is
>     > going to make enough giving riding lessons to pay for the upkeep of
>     > these 3 horses.   I have to lease hay ground to have enough hay
>     for my
>     > cattle.  Due to the drought here, I have sold a bunch and need
>     to sell
>     > 1/2 of what is left. Now, I lose another 5 acres or more,
>     fencing has
>     > not been put up yet.  For some worthless horses.  The loss of
>     the area
>     > is going to cost the equivalent of 30 bales of hay. Last year
>     hay was
>     > $50/bale.  It will probably be $75 this year.
>
>     I have another 30 acres rented that adjoins my farm to the
>     south.   The
>     landowner decided to dump 2 truckloads of dirt on one of the better
>     producing areas so his kids could have something to shoot 22 rifles
>     into.   Not concerned that my cattle were only 300 ft from the fence
>     line in the line of fire.  I don't think they ever used the pile,
>     but it
>     became a source of weeds for 300 ft north of that pile.
>
>     I lost a 160 acre field 3 years ago when a big farmer decided he
>     wanted
>     it and accused me of not taking care of the place.   It turned out
>     that
>     the heir I was dealing with was accepting payment and not sharing
>     with
>     the other heirs.   I lost the field and picked up the one that was
>     being
>     mowed today.   The loss of the 160 was the very reason I wanted a
>     written contract on any future rentals.  Now I was informed that
>     since
>     this 110 acres is owned by 2 brothers they are surveying it next
>     week to
>     split it up between their heirs.  Land here is going for over
>     $5000/acre
>     in large parcels.  The heirs won't be able to list it for sale
>     fast enough.
>
>     Unless I move 70 miles to the south on the farm that has been
>     rented out
>     for over 20 years, my farming and cattle raising days are over.    By
>     the time I could get things sold to move  this boom will be gone....
>
>     We have so many people moving in here from the crazy states I
>     don't even
>     recognize my state any more....
>
>     Cecil in OK
>
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