Deadlines for farmland leases

Here are deadlines for lease changes and terminations for key Midwest states:

• Illinois: four months before the end of the lease. 
• Indiana: three months before the end of the lease
• Iowa: September 1
• Kansas: unless specified by a written contract, leases run March 1 to March 1. Changes to a lease are required to either tenant or landowner at least 30 days prior to March 1. 
• Michigan: as indicated by terms of the lease document
• Minnesota: Three months before the end of the lease, or a preset termination date in the lease document
• Missouri: 60 days before the end of the lease, or as indicated by terms of the lease document
• Nebraska: Six months in advance of termination date, or a preset termination date in the lease document. 
• Ohio: an oral agreement to rent farmland is a year-to-year lease that terminates at the end of each year unless the parties agree to an extension. Precedent in Ohio indicates no advance notice of termination is necessary.
• South Dakota: oral agreements are year-to-year, automatically renewing under the same terms. A landlord must give notice on or before Sept. 1 to terminate, or it will be automatically renewed. If terminated in a timely fashion, the termination date is March 1.
• Wisconsin: 90 days before the end of the lease