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Emerging Contracts in Agriculture
Emerging Environmental Markets 
Local food production, conservation easements, energy production and carbon sequestration are all developing markets for farmers and landowners. These markets pose both opportunity and risk. Understanding contracts and governmental policy is key to taking advantage of these markets.
Wind Energy Leasing
Wind energy leases require the landowner to provide multiple easements to their land. In exchange, landowners recieve income from energy produced and from land occupied by turbines, equipment or transmission lines.
Environmental Contracts
New contracts facilitate business activity but come with their own set of risks. These resources identify variuos risks imbedded in contracts and then provides insight into their management.
Cooperative Arrangements
Many emerging markets are accompanied by cooperative arrangements such as new generation coops. This presentation illustrates some of the concerns that can arise in cooperative agreements.