Current pasture rent - Eastern Iowa

andy r · Nov 9, 2017

My old renter is wanting to travel and discontinuing his 250 head of ewes. Beginning discussion with a new potential renter for my pasture. He has a small herd of purebred cows. These are areas adjoining my crop ground that are fenced separately. Most have water. I was wondering what open grass pasture is currently going for per acre???? What about the price of timber pasture per acre???? Most of the pasture I rent is a combination of open and timbered. I know the heavier timber pasture is not worth all that much. He would be able to run all of my corn stalks and bean stubble as well. What would be the valve of the corn stalks? Thanks for your ideas.

cumminspuller · Nov 9, 2017

You're local extension adjust should be able to tell you the averages for your part of the state. That will at least get you a starting point. I know the prices vary greatly across the country.

tomturkey · Nov 9, 2017

I expect Iowa State University extension service would get you the averages for different grazing fees. Just a side note. Cattle are hard on ground, they typically walk down every creek bank, stomp the pond edges and banks, walkright down the middle of a small creek making it ripe for severe erosion when you get a heavy rain. While sheep overgraze the areas of grasses they like, they are not as hard on the waterway fringes. In southern Iowa they are working with farmers to fence off the stream/creeks in the grazing lands. Then establishing a water point that is not prone to the erosion issues. Something to ponder. gobble

ss55 · Nov 9, 2017

Your county extension service should be able to help you find average rates for your area.
Talk to them in person or check some of their websites :

www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-23.html

www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-09.html

https://blogs.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/tag/rental-rate-survey/

Farmaller · Nov 9, 2017

Cattle are hard on ground, and the fact that you say "they" are working with farmers, the fact is that the USDA is forkin out money to pay for the fences, and also they pay for drilling wells and installing waterers, they also are flippin the bill for nice hay barns now. I'm in Va and Ive seen this many times over around here for last 4 yrs. After two yrs all those fields that We the taxpayers flipped the bill for doing all these improvements, now have soybeans, and all the waterers and the fences are no longer in use. I try to keep mine out of the pond, except when we are in a drought. Cattle are also good for clearing brush land.

used red MN · Nov 10, 2017

?Cattle are also good for clearing brush land.??? How starved do the cattle have to be to do this? We must have just felt a little sorry for our cows if they got that hungry, never seen them have much effect on brush. Now goats are a different story.

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