Custom Farming: An Alternative to Leasing

William M. Edwards and Darnell Smith

Staff General Research Papers Archive from Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: An alternative to leasing farmland is custom farming. The custom operator agrees to perform all the machine operations on the owner's land in exchange for a set fee or rate. The landowner pays for all seed, chemicals and other inupts, and keeps all of the crop.

Date: 2003-03-01
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