New Jersey Standard Interrogatories To Be Served On Municipalities For Farmland Assessment Cases

There is no hard-and-fast land requirement. However, the farmers I spoke with said that someone would need at least 500 owned acres and 1,000 leased acres to make a living. The quality of the land certainly affects those numbers.

Farms with pastured livestock types and few other livestock were defined to be farms with: 1) less than 4 animal units of any combination of fattened cattle, milk cows, swine, chickens and turkeys, 2) 8 or more animal units of cattle other than milk cows and fattened cattle, 3) 10 or more horses, ponies, mules, burros,

To be eligible for Farmland Assessment, land actively devoted to an agricultural or horticultural use must have not less than 5 acres devoted to the production of crops; livestock or their products; and/or forest products under a woodland management plan.

To qualify for the tax assessment reduction, a landowner must have no less than five acres of farmland actively devoted to an agricultural or horticultural use for the two years immediately preceding the tax year being applied for and meet specific minimum gross income requirements based on the productivity of the land

The capitalization of rent valuation model simply reflects the current farmland cash rent divided by the current capitalization rate. For example, if a farmland has cash rent of $300 per acre and the current capitalization rate is 3.5%, the value of the farmland today is $300 divided by 3.5%, or $8,571 per acre.

An applicant for a farmland assessment must own the land and file an application with the municipal tax assessor. Land must be devoted to agricultural and/or horticultural uses for at least two years prior to the tax year the applicant is applying for an assessment.

For the IRS to grant you farm income and losses, you must raise livestock, poultry or fish, or you must grow fruits or vegetables. Maintain records for the farm including labor, costs for equipment, maintenance and seeding.

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