Landowners & Land Seekers

Did you know that landowners can sign-up for our cover crop cost-share program? Learn more about cover crops and cost share opportunities on PFI's cover crop webpage.

Contract grazing cover crops can be a win-win-win for landowners, row-croppers and livestock producers. PFI has a fact-sheet on contract grazing cover crops that discusses the benefits, challenges and key points of contract grazing cover crops.

Practical Farmers has a host of resources related to farm and land transfer and succession, including land protection options like conservation easements. We can also connect you with a new tenant.

• Learn more about livestock leasing and access other resources for landowners from Green Lands Blue Waters Midwest Perennial Forage Working Group.
• Learn more about Why Organic from the Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES). Also learn more about transitioning to organic production by viewing this presentation from the Iowa Organic Association.
• The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) has significant resources for landowners that can be found here. In particular, their Conservation Leasing Toolkit is a great resource.
• The Farmland Information Center also has a variety of information and resources for landowners.
• Iowa State University's Ag Decision Maker provides significant resources that landowners will find useful, including sample leases and addendums. There's also a variety of farm leasing decision making tools available through Ag Decision Maker.
• This “Landowners Guide to Sustainable Farm Leasing” document from the Drake Agricultural Law Center and the Leopold Center is a little outdated, but it is still an excellent resource.
• Farm management companies can be a valuable resource for landowners, especially landowners who live significant distances from the property. Two farm management companies that our members work with are Peoples Company and Sunderman Farm Management.
• The Land Trust Alliance's Find a Land Trust tool will help identify accredited land trusts in your area who could help with land protection.
• Iowa Landowner Options is a website/tool developed by the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation to walk landowners through the various options available to them for land protection.
• Vermont Law School & the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems have a Farmland Access Legal Toolkit. In particular, we like their Farmland Lease Builder tool.