I will second Josh on this your talking about 1/3 of an acre of ground. Even IF they clear more, like a half an acre, your still not talking anywhere near $500.
Yes the land owner should have communicated better but you do not know if he did or not since YOUR not the renter. Your friend is the renter. I would bet that you do not have a contract with the friend and I bet he does not with the owner. The reason I say this is all of my land rental contacts clearly say I can not sub rent the ground.
So lets say they tear up more and it totals half an acre. At 200 BPA that would be 100 bushels at $3. Current cash price is not much higher and this was not harvested. So your getting worked up over $300 at the most.
I would say you would have better luck seeing if your friend would help you out some and forget pushing the land owner on this. So the $300 would be about $4.30 per acre on the total. If it is a deal breaker for you then ask your friend to pay you. I would bet that the land owner can easily have a new tenant for next year for the entire 70 acres.
Since you have not talked directly to the owner you do not knew for sure what has happened or has been agreed on. Also as a sub renter you have very few RIGHTS with the land owner unless you have a contract with him.
Here is how I would go. One I would not have left you hang on destroying the corn if I was the owner. I also would not get so worked up over some thing that is going to be a $300 issue at the most. Life is too short and compared to a major health problem it is nothing. So I would asked my friend for some compensation but I would NOT rock the boat too hard. Things like this happen when your not the owner of land. The Owner wanted a barn built now during good weather. So that is what is going to happen. Your out the crop either way. Rock the boat hard an you and your friend will be out the entire farm next year.
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