Farm Bill Information Farm Service Agency Web site 2007 or maybe 2008 Farm Bill information & interpretation from the OSU Ag Economists! See this web connection: http://aede.osu.edu/resources/special/farmbill/ Farm Management Links OSU Farm Management WebPage Farmer's Income Tax Laws Ohio Ag Manager Newsletter FREE! Farm Management Course from Purdue Monthly Grain Marketing/Outlook letters Livestock Outlook Letters Crop Enterprize Budgets Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2008 Ohio Farm Custom Rates

Farm Record Keeping Links may be of interest:
 
Agricultural Software Directory: Financial Record Keeping
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/econ4119?opendocument
 
The QuickBooks Farm Accounting Cookbook, Flagship Technologies
http://www.goflagship.com/products/cbkhome.htm
If you have clientele that have an interest in QuickBooks for record keeping, this may be worthwhile.
Cost of $29.
 
Using QuickBooks to Manage Your Dairy Farm
http://agebb.missouri.edu/commag/dairy/bailey/dairyqb/index.htm
An online Farm Record Keeping how-to book for QuickBooks. Obviously this one is for Dairies, but may be worth a look for any farm.
Cost: Free on-line publication.
 
Computerized Farm Record Keeping with Quicken
http://ohioline.osu.edu/b920/
The new version should be available on-line by the end of January.
 
Advice from Barry Ward
Leader, Production Business Management
Ohio State University Extension

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As of April, 2008

Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2007-08
Barry Ward, Leader Production Business Management
OSU Extension & OSU Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics (AEDE)

This link will connect you with a pdf of Barry's April 30 report:
2008 OH LandValue CashRent

Also, check with your local OSU Extension Office for local land value/rental survey summaries. For additional information on farmland lease issues see the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics (AEDE) Farm Management webpage at: http://aede.osu.edu/Programs/FarmManagement/MgtPublications.htm

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Land Rental resources by Don Breece

The Midwest Plan Service offers free examples of leasing agreements for farm land, buildings, and pastures.  These were developed by farm management specialists from North Central Land Grant Universities.  This is the web site: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mwps_dis/mwps_web/leases.html .

These forms provide owners and renters with a guide for developing an agreement to fit their situation. However, they are not intended to take the place of competent legal advice pertaining to contractual relationships between two parties.  The Midwest Plan Service has many other resources as well, (publications about ag. engineering, building design, air quality, manure management, agribusiness, tillage, and grain handling), the main web site is: http://www.mwps.org .

The Ohio State University Extension web site called Ohioline includes a series of fact sheets about farm rents and leasing, http://ohioline.osu.edu/fr-fact/index.html . Topics include cash and share rental of land, tax and legal considerations, an agreement checklist, building rental, and one about tenant and landlord relations.   

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                                       Update: April 2008