Land Rent Auction For 2026 Crop Year
- Department: Solid Waste & Landfill
- Deadline: December 15, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
PUBLIC NOTICE TO BIDDERS
SHELBY COUNTY SOLID WASTE BOARD
LAND RENT AUCTION FOR 2026 CROP YEAR
The farmland at the Shelby County Landfill in the NE¼ of section 11- T79- R39, Lincoln Township will be offered for cash rent to the highest bidder. The bids must be delivered to the Auditors Office by December 15, 2025, at 4:00 PM. The opening of sealed bids will be held at 612 Court Street Harlan, Iowa on December 16, 2025, at 9:00 AM during the regular Board of Supervisors meeting.
Contract will be signed by the Shelby County Solid Waste Agency and the successful bidder.
- Terms of the contract will be for one year with payment as follows: 10% of the total bid price submitted by the day of the auction. Remaining balance will be due February 28, 2026.
- The Shelby County Solid Waste Agency has ordered grid soil sampling to be completed on the farm. All dry fertilizer will be applied based on the results. In addition to the rent on or before December 31, 2025, the successful bidder will reimburse the Shelby County Solid Waste Agency for one fourth (1/4) of the costs for the lime application and shall pay 100% of the fertilizer/application costs directly to the supplier.
- The successful bidder will be required to farm the land in accordance with the soil conservation plan for the property. This will include contour farming, farming to maintain terraces, field borders, buffer strips and waterways. The soil conservation plan is on file and may be viewed at the NRCS office in Harlan. All bidders will be required to certify that they have read the soil conservation plan. Weed control is a part of the contract. Any herbicide which will not permit the rotation of crop from corn to soybeans will not be permitted.
- A map showing the fields to be farmed, with approximate measurements is available for viewing at the County Auditor's office. There are approximately 103.0 acres more or less of crop land involved in this letting.
- No subcontracting allowed.
- The Agency reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
SHELBY COUNTY SOLID WASTE BOARD
