
Family Divided Over Ambiguous Crop-Share Lease
This post should not be construed as legal advice. Recently the Iowa Court of Appeals reviewed a lower court’s interpretation of a form crop-share lease with some modifications used by a corporation. The corporation in this case was made up of siblings and the corporation owned farm equipment and leased farmland to one of the siblings. This case highlights the need for clearly written leases, especially when the lease is a part of the farm transition plan. The corporation