The City of Waterloo, dba Waterloo Regional Airport, hereby provides a General Notice to the Public seeking Letters of Interest for those local/area farmers that would be interested in performing farming operations for CY-2025 to CY-2027 at Waterloo Regional Airport.
Prior experience in conducting farming or hay operations on or adjacent to an active airfield is preferred but not required.
This Public Notice has two separate and distinct operations.
- Farming available land – provides a one (1) year term with two (2) additional one (1) year options for a maximum of three (3) years, for the combined farming seasons of 2025, 2026 and 2027, via a Minimum Annual Guarantee, or MAG, for each of the three years as listed above, with available farming acres potentially fluctuating with each term. The current available acreage is 1,179.03 acres.
- Hay Baling available area – perform hay baling operations at Waterloo Regional Airport in areas designated by Airport Staff during the 2025 thru 2027 seasons. Rent payment is expected to be at a per large round or large square bale taken from airport grounds.
For more information contact Steven Kjergaard, Airport Director, Waterloo Regional Airport, 2790 Livingston Lane, Second Floor, Waterloo, Iowa, 50703. Office: 319-291-4483, or Email at: STEVEN.KJERGAARD@WATERLOO-IA.ORG.
Submittals are due by Friday, October 11th, 2024, by NLT 3:00 p.m. All bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope with 2025-2027 Airport Farming Bid written on the front.
CLICK Here 25-27 General Farming NTP to print off a Bid document.