Market prices in the fall and winter when cash lease rates are negotiated may not be there when the next crop is harvested.
With cash rents going higher every year with the expectation that corn and soybean prices will never come down, farmers are taking on added risk with each crop. Bruce Johnson and Tyler Rosener at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln developed a simple spreadsheet that will allow adjustments to the cash rent based on corn and soybean prices.
The spreadsheet sets a base cash rental rate that is adjusted on the actual harvest price once the crop is in the bin. It is a price only tool with the base rental rate set using projected yields that are set for the year. Prices have been the big player in rising cash rental rates across the Midwest, and this tool allows for an adjustment for both increases and decreases in the harvest price of corn and soybeans.
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