18,000 acres of leases. One place to run them.
Star Rock Farms is a third- and fourth-generation family business in Pennsylvania that recently expanded into Virginia. As it grew, lease data was spread across spreadsheets, folders and accounting software. Here’s how Oaken brought it together.
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Growing farms adding ground
Keep leases consistent as new land and new land partners come in through growth and acquisitions.
Lease and office teams
Stop hand-calculating payments and chasing renewal dates across different systems.
A diversified operation that keeps growing.
Buying operations such as Virginia Beef Corporation brought growth, and more leases managed in different ways.
acres owned and rented in a competitive land market.
enterprises: dairy, beef, swine, sod and crops.
when Star Rock Farms put Oaken in place.
From scattered systems to one source of lease data.
The three problems Star Rock faced, and how Oaken solved them.
Get the full case study ↓Lease data in too many places
Contracts, payment histories and communication logs were kept across spreadsheets, electronic folders and accounting software.
Too much hand work
Farm leaders and lease managers spent too much time calculating payments, building reports, communicating and tracking renewals.
Risk of a missed date
Manual entry raised the risk of missing a key date, miscalculating a complex lease payment or missing a communication.
One source for every lease
Land partner contacts, legal documents, payment records and field information all moved into Oaken.
What changed at Star Rock Farms.
“Oaken has proven to be the perfect scalable solution as we integrate new business units and continue to grow our family business.”
Ellie BarleyStar Rock Farms, Pennsylvania
Spread across systems
Lease details lived in spreadsheets, file folders and accounting software, each kept a little differently.
Payments and dates on autopilot
Oaken calculates lease payments and sends reminders before renewal and payment dates.
One-click landowner reports
Full reports for landowners take one click, with more accuracy and better preparation across the team.
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The two-page PDF covers the operation, the three challenges that came with growth and the results after moving to Oaken.
- How growth through acquisition complicated lease management
- What moved into Oaken, from contacts to field information
- The results, in Ellie Barley’s words
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How big is Star Rock Farms?
Star Rock Farms farms over 18,000 owned and rented acres in Pennsylvania and Virginia, with dairy, beef, swine, sod and crop enterprises.
What was hard before Oaken?
Lease data was spread across spreadsheets, file folders and accounting software. Payments and reports were calculated by hand, which raised the risk of missed dates and errors.
What changed after moving to Oaken?
Contacts, documents, payments and field information are in one place. Oaken calculates payments, reminds the team before renewal and payment dates, and makes landowner reports one click.
Who should read this case study?
Growing farms and farm managers who are adding land, land partners or business units and need lease admin to keep up.
Can Oaken bring in our current spreadsheets?
Oaken can organize the landowners, lease terms, rent schedules and documents your team already tracks. Book a walkthrough to talk through your records and onboarding.
See how Oaken would handle your leases as you grow.
Fifteen minutes, your leases, your questions. No setup fees, and we import your spreadsheets for you.
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