There are many steps farmers can take to maintain and strengthen their relationship with landowners they rent from, such as hosting family dinners or calling friends to check in, according to Noah Coppess, who spoke last month during Iowa Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmer Conference in Des Moines. 

“Whoever you’re working with, a family member, neighbor or anybody, it’s still a relationship,” Coppess said. “Yes, the financial terms have to be mutually beneficial, but also be willing...