Ben D, N CA - 3/30/2013 17:17 Buy or rent a farm without asking permission from anyone who rents it, has ever rented it in the past, might possibly rent it in future, or had a relative who ever rented it. Then I think according to NAT you have to make a public notice of your intentions and run it in the newspaper. Oh, you also can't pay more than the 'standard' rate for rent, which was set in 1956 by the crowd at the coffee shop..