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Author: 
Paul Goeringer
Post date: 
May 2, 2015

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This post should not be construed as legal advice

            Today, I am back harping on my favorite issue, agricultural land leases.  A farmer recently told my colleague in another Western state that “this country would be a lot better off if more leases were handshake deals in the middle of a field.”  Many of you may feel this way, but as I keep pointing out, handshake deals in the middle of the field do not always answer all the questions.  One of those questions may be: Does the tenant have a right to crop residue when the lease is terminated?  Earlier, Sarah Everhart had a good post here on soil fertility that I also encourage you to read on this topic, available here [1].

To continue reading, click over to the Maryland Risk Management Education Blog [2].

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crop residue [4]
corn stalks [5]
corn stover [6]
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[1] http://www.aglaw.umd.edu/blog/is-maintaining-soil-fertility-in-your-farmland-lease
[2] http://www.aglaw.umd.edu/blog/can-you-take-the-corn-stalks-with-you
[3] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/farmland-lease
[4] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/crop-residue
[5] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/corn-stalks
[6] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/corn-stover
[7] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/recent-case
[8] https://extension.umd.edu/tags/agricultural-leasing
[9] https://extension.umd.edu/aglaw