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Population and Farmland Values in the Northeast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Douglas E. Morris
Affiliation:
Natural Resource Economics Division, Economic Research Service, USDA, University of New Hampshire
Bruce E. Lindsay
Affiliation:
Institute of Natural and Environmental Resources, University of New Hampshire
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Agricultural problems associated with population growth have been analyzed in the Northeast for some time. The loss of cropland and the effect on agricultural output have been documented by Otte and Krause. In addition to the actual loss of agricultural land, changes in land-use, taxation and agricultural input infrastructure continue to be analyzed. Indeed, rural land-use policy researchers in the Northeast have provided national leadership for several institutional innovations, e.g. agricultural districts, transferable development right sales and differential assessments. The Conference on Rural Land-Use Policy in the Northeast held at Atlantic City in 1974 and the on-going regional research project, “Rural Land Use Policy in an Urbanizing Environment” attest to the continued research in this area.

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Resource Economics
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Published with the approval of the Director of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station as Scientific Contribution No. 867.

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