As Baby Boomers continue to transition into the position of farmland owners, it’s important for farmer-tenants to understand the best methods to communicate with them.

"Baby Boom­ers are typically a little more demanding than the previous gener­ation," Randy Dick­hut, senior vice president of real estate op­­erations at Farmers National Company, told guests at the Iowa Farm Bureau’s Economic Summit in Ames last week.

Depending on the...