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<blockquote data-quote="Farmer Roy" data-source="post: 7457153" data-attributes="member: 71668"><p>other areas that farm land may be leased from includes areas controlled by mining companies ( open cut mines generally have to have large "buffer" areas around them, which usually means buying up all the surrounding farmland & then leasing it to someone, or planting trees for carbon offsets . . .) or foreign investors.</p><p></p><p>more common in the past were "sharefarming" agreements, where the costs of inputs & distribution of returns were "shared" between the landowner & the farmer.</p><p></p><p>the 2 most common shares were 33% ( the landowner was responsible for land rates etc, paid 33% of inputs such as chem / seed / fert etc & received 33% of gross returns, with the farmer responsible for 66% of inputs & receiving 66% of returns ) or 25% ( with the landowner responsible for rates etc, paid no inputs but received 25% of gross. The farmer had full control & responsibility for all inputs & costs, but received 75% of gross return )</p><p></p><p>this was seen as "fairer", as in a good year the landowner made more money, but in bad years ( less money spent on inputs ) the farmer didnt have to meet a fixed rental figure, just a % of what he grew, if anything . . .</p><p></p><p>contract farming is also popular, but not in the way it is done in the Uk ( from what i see in TFF anyway ). The landowner still makes all decisions, pays inputs & receives all returns, but instead of physically doing the work themselves, employs a contractor to do the spraying, cultivations, planting, spreading, harvesting etc etc. But the decision making process & the risk is still all on the landowner </p><p></p><p>leasing / sharefarming / using contractors are all good options for people who want to step back or retire from physical farming, but still want to maintain ownership of land for future generations etc.</p><p></p><p>my own farm was leased out to neighbours over 30 years ago, when i was traipsing around Australia & the UK for 5 years or more. Prior to that, when i was a child & my father became ill, we had sharefarmers on the arable country. However, by the time I was old enough, they had pretty much reached their use by date so I sacked them & leased out the land, so my parents had some security & a regular income while i was away.</p><p>Actually, the fellow I leased it to suffered a couple of bad flood years in a row & couldnt make it pay, so some neighbours took it on. The first fellow hung himself a few years later . . .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farmer Roy, post: 7457153, member: 71668"] other areas that farm land may be leased from includes areas controlled by mining companies ( open cut mines generally have to have large "buffer" areas around them, which usually means buying up all the surrounding farmland & then leasing it to someone, or planting trees for carbon offsets . . .) or foreign investors. more common in the past were "sharefarming" agreements, where the costs of inputs & distribution of returns were "shared" between the landowner & the farmer. the 2 most common shares were 33% ( the landowner was responsible for land rates etc, paid 33% of inputs such as chem / seed / fert etc & received 33% of gross returns, with the farmer responsible for 66% of inputs & receiving 66% of returns ) or 25% ( with the landowner responsible for rates etc, paid no inputs but received 25% of gross. The farmer had full control & responsibility for all inputs & costs, but received 75% of gross return ) this was seen as "fairer", as in a good year the landowner made more money, but in bad years ( less money spent on inputs ) the farmer didnt have to meet a fixed rental figure, just a % of what he grew, if anything . . . contract farming is also popular, but not in the way it is done in the Uk ( from what i see in TFF anyway ). The landowner still makes all decisions, pays inputs & receives all returns, but instead of physically doing the work themselves, employs a contractor to do the spraying, cultivations, planting, spreading, harvesting etc etc. But the decision making process & the risk is still all on the landowner leasing / sharefarming / using contractors are all good options for people who want to step back or retire from physical farming, but still want to maintain ownership of land for future generations etc. my own farm was leased out to neighbours over 30 years ago, when i was traipsing around Australia & the UK for 5 years or more. Prior to that, when i was a child & my father became ill, we had sharefarmers on the arable country. However, by the time I was old enough, they had pretty much reached their use by date so I sacked them & leased out the land, so my parents had some security & a regular income while i was away. Actually, the fellow I leased it to suffered a couple of bad flood years in a row & couldnt make it pay, so some neighbours took it on. The first fellow hung himself a few years later . . . [/QUOTE]
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