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| A lot of questions. What organic crops? Do you have access to the same markets? You mentioned "ditch water" What are the priority rights? Is there typically enough ditch water to use a good portion of the irrigation season, or do you have to pump wells much of the season? You can end up paying for ditch rights whether there is water or not and using a lot of electricity on a dry year. Generally input costs are split the same as crop share. Since surface water costs are generally a fixed cost every year, you might look at the land owner paying that and the renter paying electric for the pivots. Also who covers the cost of pivot repairs, are you expected to fix them yourself at your expense? How old are they and will you be spending a lot of down time repairing gear boxes etc. There are enough variables with irrigation let alone organic that I would want a crop share that favored the farmer more so than conventional crops. But that's just me. Obviously the anticipation is for higher returns, including for the owner. They should have to share in the risks (if they are truly higher). Here, on a dry year and short water, corn silage is an option that may or may not be an organic option.
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Crop Share Amount???
