Farm Lease Program Commencing 2010 in the Southern Region
	Minimum bid and terms of the lease
	Location:		Abbotts Meadow			In-kind Worksheets with crops and activities for 1st year of leases
	Lease number:	ABM03	3 of 3
	Habitat Patch ID	Acres	Weighted rental value per acre	Minimum bid		In-kind Contributions - Planting
	10a	7.5				Planting (including field prep. & fertilizer), Herbiciding, etc.
	12	2.2				Value	Crop	Cost per acre	Acres
	13	6.2					field corn	$370.00
	14	4.6					soybean	$210.00
						$900.00	sorghum	$300.00	3
							rye	$180.00
							legumes and forage greens	$200.00
							warm season grasses	$500.00
						In-kind Contributions - Other Services
						Mowing, disking, plowing, etc.
						Value	Activity	Cost per acre	Acres
						$60.00	mowing	$50.00	1.2
							disking
							herbicide
							plowing
						$960.00	= Total for all in-kind commitments
	Sub-total	20.5	$66.64	$1,363.53
	Discount			20%
	Adjusted minimum bid			$1,091.00
	In-kind contributions (planting, etc.) - not negotiable			$900.00
	In-kind contributions (mowing, etc.) - not negotiable			$60.00
	acres to mow per year =		1.2
	Value of in-kind commitments			$960.00
	Minimum Annual Payment			$131.00
	C:\Data Files\Wildlife Management Areas\Habitat Management Plans\Farm Program for 2010\FARM LEASE PROGRAM FOR 2010 STATEWIDE.XLS