Fifty Years of Farmland Protection Legislation in the Northeast: Persistent Issues and Emergent Research Opportunities

Land Economics/Use,

FINANCIAL OPTIONS USED FOR FINANCING SELECTED PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN THREE WASHINGTON STATE COMMUNITIES, 1930-1965

Public Economics,

2007 Farm Bill: Policy Options and Consequences for Northeast Specialty Crop Industries, Small Farms, and Sustainability. Report on Listening Sessions

Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries,

FARMLAND PROTECTION PLANNING IN NEW YORK

Land Economics/Use,

THE IMPORTANCE OF SPATIAL DATA IN MODELING ACTUAL ENROLLMENT IN THE CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (CREP)

This paper uses actual enrollment and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data in six geographically diverse states to demonstrate that enrollment rates in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) are a function of the incentives offered. If aggregate county land use data were used, as has been done previously, incentives appear insignificant.Environmental Economics and Policy,

CONNECTING TAXES AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR FARMLAND PROTECTION: A COMPARISON OF LOCAL AND STATE FUNDED ALTERNATIVES IN NEW YORK

The costs of tax relief for New York agricultural landowners is compared with the willingness-to-pay for farmland protection as measured in valuation research. Under an income tax rebate, the program cost is positively related with the perceived household benefits, whereas this trend is reversed under a local property tax exemption.Agricultural and Food Policy, Public Economics,

A MODEL TO EXPLAIN PARTICIPATION IN NEW YORK'S AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS AND USE-VALUE ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS

Logit regression models are estimated to identify factors affecting decisions to enroll farmland in New York's agricultural districts program and participate in the use-value assessment program. The results suggest that the districts law is consistent with preserving the best farmland at the rural-urban fringe and that the decision to enroll in agricultural districts affects in a recursive fashion the decision to participate in the use-value assessment program. Short-term monetary gains are the overriding considerations in applying for use-value exemptions. This may lead to additional erosion of the tax base via tax preferences for agricultural land.Land Economics/Use,

2007 Farm Bill: Policy Options and Consequences for Northeast Specialty Crop Industries, Small Farms, and Sustainability. Report on Listening Sessions

This report summarizes Phase I of the project '2007 Farm Bill: Policy Options and Consequences for Northeast Specialty Crop Industries, Small Farms, and Sustainability'. The purpose of Phase I is to solicit information and feedback on specialty crop industry members' views and preferences with respect to the upcoming 2007 Farm Bill. Several aspects of Federal support for specialty crop producers are considered. This information will be used to gauge responsiveness to a wide set of policy options and possible directions for titles that might be incorporated into the next farm bill. These options and directions range from direct income support to enhanced environmental and conservation programming that is tailored to the needs of specialty crop producers. The geographic focus of this report encompasses the Northeastern US, defined here to include 12 states - Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia