The trend in production agriculture is toward larger farms.
Producers expand their base of operations by purchasing or renting additional land.
Producers may prefer to rent rather than purchase land because of a lack of capital, a need to preserve capital for other uses, a shortage of land for sale in the area, or a perception that renting land is more profitable than owning it. The three most common types of farm lease agreements in Missouri are cash, flexible cash and crop-share. For more information about these types of rental arrangements, see MU publication G 426, Farm Lease Agreement . This guide focuses on one specific rental agreement, the crop-share lease. A crop-share lease agreement between a landowner and tenant defines how they will share the crop as compensation for their respective contributions in land, labor and capital.