Buying or selling farmland is the largest transaction most families will ever make. We draft purchase agreements, review title, and protect your interests from contract to closing.
A farm real estate purchase agreement is not a residential real estate contract. It involves mineral rights, water rights, CRP contracts, conservation easements, existing tenant leases, FSA base acres and yields, and environmental considerations that a standard real estate attorney may overlook entirely.
We draft purchase agreements that address every agricultural-specific issue. Who gets the growing crop? What happens to the existing cash rent lease? Are mineral rights included or reserved? Is there a CRP contract that transfers with the land?
Before closing, we provide a title opinion — a thorough examination of the chain of title to identify any defects, liens, easements, or restrictions. For farm families, this includes checking for old drainage easements, pipeline rights-of-way, and county road access issues.
Whether you’re buying, selling, or considering a 1031 exchange, we handle the legal side so the transaction goes smoothly.
In many parts of Nebraska and western Minnesota, mineral rights have been severed from the surface estate — sometimes decades ago. This means you can buy 640 acres of farmland and not own a single molecule beneath the topsoil.
If a wind energy company, pipeline operator, or mineral extraction company comes knocking, the mineral rights owner — not you — gets the royalty payments. Depending on what’s underneath, those rights can be worth more than the surface.
Our title opinion process specifically examines mineral right ownership. If rights have been severed, we identify who owns them, whether they can be reacquired, and how the severance affects the property’s long-term value and use.
We don’t do hourly billing, and we don’t hand you a stack of paper and wish you luck. Our process is designed to be transparent, thorough, and completely finished when we’re done.
We draft or review the purchase agreement, negotiate terms, and ensure all farm-specific provisions (minerals, CRP, FSA base, growing crop, existing leases) are properly addressed.
We examine the complete chain of title — every recorded document affecting the property — and issue a title opinion identifying any defects, liens, or encumbrances.
We prepare the warranty deed, coordinate with the title company or closing agent, and ensure all documents are properly recorded. You walk away with clean, insurable title.
From the first offer to the final deed.
Custom-drafted contracts addressing mineral rights, growing crops, tenant leases, CRP, FSA base, and all farm-specific terms.
Full examination of the chain of title to identify defects, liens, easements, and restrictions before you close.
We prepare deeds, handle escrow coordination, and ensure a clean transfer of ownership at closing.
Don’t close without a farm-focused attorney reviewing the deal. Schedule a free consultation. Flat-fee pricing.
