The overall link to the Ag. Decision Maker is: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/

Link to page with lots of information related to Leasing, including the Farmland Values Survey and others is:

Whole Farm Decisions – Leasing  http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wdleasing.html

Farm leases include:

    * Iowa Farm Lease Form http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-12.html

    * Iowa Cash Farm Lease Short Form http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-16.html

    * The form from the Iowa Bar Association is not online, folks must get it from a lawyer

    * Lease Supplement for Obtaining Conservation Practices and Controlling Soil Loss http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-08.html

Others of interest to inform landowners include:

    * Lease Termination and Other Legal Considerations for Lease Contracts http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-06.html

    * Do I need a written lease? http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-03.html

    * Iowa Farmland Rental Rates 1994-2008  http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/pdf/c2-09.pdf

    * Cash Rental Rates for Iowa 2008 Survey   http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/pdf/c2-10.pdf

    * Estimated Costs of Crop Production 2009 http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/crops/pdf/a1-20.pdf

    * Farmland Value Survey (Iowa State University---conducted once each year) http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-70.html

    * Farmland Value Survey—Realtors Land Institute (survey conducted twice each year)  http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-75.html

Another resource that landowners interested in conservation should find useful is:

    Considering Sustainable Agriculture on Your Rented Land  www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1947.pdf