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Please use a new browser like Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Microsoft Edge to improve your experience. Special Collections Search our collections All Content All Content Data/StatisticsLawsMediaPublicationsSample DocumentsToolsWebpages Clear Filters Filters Sort All Content All Content Data/StatisticsLawsMediaPublicationsSample DocumentsToolsWebpages Search My Results Clear Filters Relevance All Relevance Alphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-ANewest to OldestOldest to Newest Search My Results Clear Filters 30 results Sort by Relevance Relevance Alphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-ANewest to OldestOldest to Newest Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Differential Assessment and Circuit Breaker Tax Programs Tax incentives are widely used to maintain the economic viability of farming. All states have at least one program designed to reduce the amount of money farmers are required to pay in local real property taxes. The most important type of agricultural tax program is known as differential assessment. Every state except Mic... View More Published: August 2006 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: American Farmland Trust Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement Talking Points Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) programs use public funds to compenstate property owners for keeping their land available for agriculture.This handout provides talking points about state-level PACE activity based on the Farmland Information Center's recent survey of PACE programs. View More Published: October 2015 Author: Jennifer Dempsey and Ben Kurtzman Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Status of State Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs AFT's Farmland Information Center conducts an annual survey of state Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) programs. This table displays the status and summarizes important information about these farmland protection programs in the states that have them. View More Published: October 2024 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Ariel Looser Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Economic Impacts of Agriculture Reference List AFT’s Farmland Information Center has compiled lists of research reports to help make the case for saving agricultural land. This list includes reports and studies demonstrating the contribution of agriculture to national, state and local economies. It gives brief summaries, full citations, and links to the full report. View More Published: December 2021 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Farmland Information Center Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Benefits of Farmland Protection Reference List AFT’s Farmland Information Center has compiled lists of research reports to help make the case for saving agricultural land. This reference list focuses on studies that highlight the economic and fiscal impacts of protected land. This list gives brief summaries, full citations, and links to the full report. View More Published: December 2021 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Farmland Information Center Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National ACEP-ALE Buy-Protect-Sell Transactions This fact sheet provides an overview of how to participate in ACEP-ALE using a buy-protect-sell transaction. View More Published: June 2021 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Kayla Donovan, Jennifer Dempsey Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National 2017 NRI: Changes in Land Cover/Use Talking Points The National Resources Inventory (NRI) is an appraisal of natural resource conditions and trends on nonfederal land conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The 2017 NRI summary report, released in September 2020, includes details about land cover and use, soils, ero... View More Published: September 2020 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: American Farmland Trust Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Census of Agriculture The highlights in this fact sheet are a small sampling of data available to support the efforts of people who care about the future of agriculture and agricultural land. View More Published: August 2024 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Jennifer Dempsey and Ariel Looser Loading We Are Here to Help Need help finding the right information or resource to help save farmland? Farmland Protection Directory Find a land trust or public program to protect your farm and ranch land. Directory Ask an Expert Have a question? Need help? Send an email or call to speak with FIC staff We Can Help Browse by State Search reports, laws, statistics and sample documents for your state. 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Special Collections Search our collections All Content All Content Data/StatisticsLawsMediaPublicationsSample DocumentsToolsWebpages Clear Filters Filters Sort All Content All Content Data/StatisticsLawsMediaPublicationsSample DocumentsToolsWebpages Search My Results Clear Filters Relevance All Relevance Alphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-ANewest to OldestOldest to Newest Search My Results Clear Filters 30 results Sort by Relevance Relevance Alphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-ANewest to OldestOldest to Newest Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Differential Assessment and Circuit Breaker Tax Programs Tax incentives are widely used to maintain the economic viability of farming. All states have at least one program designed to reduce the amount of money farmers are required to pay in local real property taxes. The most important type of agricultural tax program is known as differential assessment. Every state except Mic... View More Published: August 2006 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: American Farmland Trust Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement Talking Points Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) programs use public funds to compenstate property owners for keeping their land available for agriculture.This handout provides talking points about state-level PACE activity based on the Farmland Information Center's recent survey of PACE programs. View More Published: October 2015 Author: Jennifer Dempsey and Ben Kurtzman Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Status of State Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs AFT's Farmland Information Center conducts an annual survey of state Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) programs. This table displays the status and summarizes important information about these farmland protection programs in the states that have them. View More Published: October 2024 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Ariel Looser Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Economic Impacts of Agriculture Reference List AFT’s Farmland Information Center has compiled lists of research reports to help make the case for saving agricultural land. This list includes reports and studies demonstrating the contribution of agriculture to national, state and local economies. It gives brief summaries, full citations, and links to the full report. View More Published: December 2021 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Farmland Information Center Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Benefits of Farmland Protection Reference List AFT’s Farmland Information Center has compiled lists of research reports to help make the case for saving agricultural land. This reference list focuses on studies that highlight the economic and fiscal impacts of protected land. This list gives brief summaries, full citations, and links to the full report. View More Published: December 2021 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Farmland Information Center Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National ACEP-ALE Buy-Protect-Sell Transactions This fact sheet provides an overview of how to participate in ACEP-ALE using a buy-protect-sell transaction. View More Published: June 2021 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Kayla Donovan, Jennifer Dempsey Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National 2017 NRI: Changes in Land Cover/Use Talking Points The National Resources Inventory (NRI) is an appraisal of natural resource conditions and trends on nonfederal land conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The 2017 NRI summary report, released in September 2020, includes details about land cover and use, soils, ero... View More Published: September 2020 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: American Farmland Trust Publication Fact Sheets and Technical Memos National Census of Agriculture The highlights in this fact sheet are a small sampling of data available to support the efforts of people who care about the future of agriculture and agricultural land. View More Published: August 2024 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Jennifer Dempsey and Ariel Looser Loading We Are Here to Help Need help finding the right information or resource to help save farmland? Farmland Protection Directory Find a land trust or public program to protect your farm and ranch land. Directory Ask an Expert Have a question? Need help? Send an email or call to speak with FIC staff We Can Help Browse by State Search reports, laws, statistics and sample documents for your state. State Resources x Help Us Improve This Site
