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June 5, 1998 1998 Top Farmer Crop Workshop takes on leases WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Leasing arrangements, conflict resolution and high-tech crop management are the headliners for Purdue University's 1998 Top Farmer Crop Workshop in July. "Adjusting rents for lower crop prices will be a key topic at the workshop," said Purdue agricultural economist Howard Doster. "We also want to talk about arrangements that share some of the risks as well as the rewards." Creative leasing arrangements also will be discussed by a Maryland producer who farms 7,000 acres with 53 landlords and an absentee landlord who has worked with a custom farmer and a crop-share tenant and now wants an adjustable cash-rent agreement his wife can manage. More than 35 farmers, landlords and researchers will give their take on leasing, equipment budgeting, crop management and people management. Sessions include land-grant university research in risk management software, crop disease prevention, fertilization, grain storage and precision farming. Doster said many of the workshop's past participants have since more than doubled the size of their operations and have become regular participants. The workshop will be July 26-29 at Purdue's West Lafayette campus and costs $199 for the first person and $75 for each additional person from the same farm. Enrollment is limited, and preregistration is required. Registration covers two meals, coffee breaks and the use of computer facilities. CONTACTS: Tom Robertson for registration information, (765) 494-2975, tlrobertson@cea.purdue.edu, and Doster for program information, (765) 494-4250, doster@agecon.purdue.edu Compiled by Chris Sigurdson, (765) 494-8415; E-mail, sig@ecn.purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page