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Post by leexrayshady on Jan 24, 2023 11:12:45 GMT -6
Ive been toying with the idea of asking the farmer that owns the land to our south about buying an easement to our land. The access to our main hunting woods has always been not the greatest as we can only access from the north as we are bordered by swamps to the east and west. Having access from the south would greatly reduce spooking deer as most live on ours but feed on his big fields.
He already has an easement on the field road in question to another mutual neighbor.
My question is what should I offer in terms of a price? anybody else done something like this before?
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Post by Reagan on Jan 24, 2023 14:37:03 GMT -6
I haven’t done this so I have little to offer but could you start by just asking permission?
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 24, 2023 14:46:11 GMT -6
$5000 is a starting point . How many acres would be involved ?
Say 30 feet wide x ______
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Post by caveman on Jan 24, 2023 15:18:17 GMT -6
Would the farmer be losing any land to production at this time? In other words, is he going to be able to still farm the easement property, or are you putting in a driveway of sorts? If you are putting in a driveway, does it benefit the farmer in any way?
My guess is you'll be paying about the same price per acre as if you were buying the land. What's the going rate for farm land there?
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Jan 25, 2023 8:06:53 GMT -6
Ive been toying with the idea of asking the farmer that owns the land to our south about buying an easement to our land. The access to our main hunting woods has always been not the greatest as we can only access from the north as we are bordered by swamps to the east and west. Having access from the south would greatly reduce spooking deer as most live on ours but feed on his big fields. He already has an easement on the field road in question to another mutual neighbor. My question is what should I offer in terms of a price? anybody else done something like this before? I would ask for a trespass fee if he won’t sell the easement as most farmers don’t like to sell even the smallest piece of land. Sign a trespass lease agreement with him for a small amount of money and get it recorded at the court house. |
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Post by wklman on Jan 25, 2023 11:45:10 GMT -6
Would the farmer be losing any land to production at this time? In other words, is he going to be able to still farm the easement property, or are you putting in a driveway of sorts? If you are putting in a driveway, does it benefit the farmer in any way? My guess is you'll be paying about the same price per acre as if you were buying the land. What's the going rate for farm land there? A lot of times it's double the cost of normal since they're losing ground and gaining a pain in the ass. |
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Post by leexrayshady on Jan 25, 2023 12:44:05 GMT -6
There would be no ag ground lost as it is an existing field road. total length is 3500 ft.
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Post by benmnwi on Jan 25, 2023 12:48:59 GMT -6
It certainly can't hurt to ask him about a buying an easement, all he can say is no. That's a really long easement, so I'm guessing it will be more than $10k.
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Post by smsmith on Jan 25, 2023 12:55:12 GMT -6
I think I'd begin by asking the other neighbor who already has an easement what he's paying the farmer.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Jan 25, 2023 16:38:19 GMT -6
I had a guy ask me for an easement back at the farm in Nowthen Mn. 2600’ or the length of an 80, 66’ wide. I told him he didn’t have enough money. He said try me. For the trouble I told him $250K. He said no and I Never heard from him again.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 25, 2023 18:01:44 GMT -6
That easement would be 2.4 acres. So 10k might work ? Who knows ?
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