Permanent Injunction On Agricultural Land In Minnesota
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Minnesota's Right-to-Farm law protects farms and ranches from most public and private nuisance actions, as long as they operate using generally accepted agricultural practices and have been in business for two or more years.
The land must meet the definition of agricultural property. At the minimum, there must be 10 contiguous used to produce agricultural products in the preceding year (products such as the production for sale of livestock, dairy animals, poultry, fruits, vegetables, forage, grains, bees, apiary and fur-bearing animals).
All properties used exclusively for public purposes, including public hospitals, schools, burial grounds, etc. Certain kinds of personal property, including in most cases property that creates energy, enables commerce, or conserves nature. Qualifying wetlands or native prairie lands.
The Green Acres Program provides property tax relief for owners of productive agricultural property in areas where the market value of land is being affected by development pressure, sales of recreational land, or other non-agricultural factors.
General Requirements You must be a Minnesota resident, and cannot claim agricultural homestead in a different Minnesotan county. The land is actively being farmed. The agricultural product must be produced for sale or there must be an exchange between two parties.
The Agricultural Land Preservation Program statute (Minn. Stat. Ch. 40A) makes it possible for owners of qualifying land to receive property tax credits of $1.50 per acre per year, and other benefits as well, in return for agreeing to preserve their farms for long-term agricultural use.
Homestead classification is allowed upon farms of at least 40 acres where the owner does not live on the farm, but within 4 townships from the farm. The owner must actively farm the land, be a Minnesota resident, and may not be claiming another agricultural homestead in Minnesota.
What constitutes farming under the law? Farming means the production of agricultural products, livestock or livestock products, milk or milk products, and fruit or other horticultural products.
Minnesota's Right-to-Farm law protects farms and ranches from most public and private nuisance actions, as long as they operate using generally accepted agricultural practices and have been in business for two or more years.
