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WISCONSIN'S farmland preservation program provides means for helping local governments prevent or delay the conversion of agricultural land to nonagricultural uses (1). The program extends tax relief to farmland owners who participate in locally developed and administered programs. It also encourages adoption of local zoning ordinances to identify and preserve exclusive agricultural use zones.
Implementation of the program is on a county-by-county basis. Locally developed agricultural land preservation programs are reviewed and approved by the state Agricultural Land Preservation Board, which is attached to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP).
In the early stage of the program, farmland owners throughout the state were given the opportunity to enter into “initial farmland preservation agreements.” These initial agreements, which expire on September 30, 1982, require that a soil and water …
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Leonard C. Johnson is an associate professor, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin, and a soil and water conservation specialist and associate professor, University of Wisconsin—Extension, Madison, 53706. James A. Johnson is director, Farmland Preservation, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Madison, Wisconsin 53708.
- Copyright 1982 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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