[AT] Dealing with landlords when needing rented land

[Mark Johnson]

One o' these days, development folks are going to realize that it 
doesn't matter if you have a nice house and a nearby strip mall if you 
don't have anything to eat.

Mark J

(shared owner of 2 Indiana farms, mostly planted in trees but with about 
100 acres of croppable land)

On 5/14/2022 10:27 PM, Mike M wrote:
> 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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