Illinois Crop Share Farm Lease

Lease Illinois farm land to a tenant on a sharecropping basis with this Illinois Crop Share Farm Lease.

• The tenant agrees to pay the landlord a share of the crops grown on the leased lands as rent.
• In addition to the crop shares, the tenant agrees to pay a certain amount per acre for land used for pasture, hay and silage. Rent will be paid in a series of installment payments.
• The tenant agrees to store the landlord's share of the crops, provided that it does not exceed a certain percentage of the storage available to the tenant.
• Each party will provide certain items of equipment, materials, and labor, and will pay a share of the expenses to run the farming operations.
• The tenant agrees to use the land for agricultural purposes only, and to farm the land in accordance with proper farming practices.
• The tenant is responsible for obtaining crop, liability, property damage and workers' compensation insurance.
• The parties will share in the decision making and management of the farming operations to the extent set out in the lease.
• The landlord has a lien on the crops as security for the rent payable under the lease.