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Providing Benefits of Agricultural Open Space in Urbanizing Situations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

William L. Park
William L. Park*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Rutgers University – The State University of New Jersey
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As the most densely populated area of the nation, New Jersey and the Northeast stand as a laboratory in which concepts and institutions might be developed and tested to preserve valuable nonrenewable farmland for multiple social uses including an ability to provide open space and life-sustaining food and fiber. In this context, there is a need to carefully consider the idea that actions by government and society generate or destroy economic values in property through the creation or modification of institutions and social organization. It is also true that the lack of action by government may result in the wasteful destruction of amenities which may be held in high regard by many individuals in society.

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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , October 1974 , pp. 205 - 216
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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1/ Farm Real Estate Market Developments and Farm Real Estate Taxes, Economic Research Service, USDA.Google Scholar

2/ Ibid.Google Scholar

3/ Report of the Blueprint Commission on the Future of New Jersey Agriculture, New Jersey Department of Agriculture, April 1973, Phillip Alampi, Secretary. The author served as an advisor to the Blueprint Commission and assisted in the development of the land policies proposed in its report.Google Scholar

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6/ Ibid. pp. 9-10. See also: William L. Park et al., Issues in Agricultural Land Use Management in New Jersey, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, S.R.-17, February 1973.Google Scholar

8/ For a discussion of the impact of this Act upon the loss of farmland, see: “An Analysis of Misplaced Hopes, Misspent Millions,” by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Rutgers University, 1974, Monograph.Google Scholar

9/ For a full discussion of planning legislation and related matters, see: Schneider, Lee D., New Jersey Land-Use Planning Techniques and Legislation, Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Rutgers University, A.E. 338, July 1972.Google Scholar

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11/ Chapter 272, Laws of 1970 and Chapter 185, Laws of 1972, respectively. Laws of New Jersey.Google Scholar

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13/ According to the New Jersey Division of Taxation, there are about 1,010,000 acres of land in the state actively devoted to agriculture as defined in the Farmland Assessment Act. This is exclusive of lands under farm homes. The total would be about 1.1 million acres. The Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing at Rutgers University, in its annual Motor Vehicle Survey, estimates 1.1 million acres in farms.Google Scholar

14/ The author served as an advisor to the Commission and assisted in the development of its recommendations.Google Scholar

15/ SCR-86, January 21, 1974.Google Scholar

16/ Thomas A. Norman, Attorney at Law, New Brunswick, N. J.Google Scholar

17/ The Commission did not limit the time that an easement sale could be delayed. It is the author's opinion that such delayed sales should not be later than 15-20 years beyond the inception of the program. As a matter of practice, the state would be granted the right of first option to buy the development rights when property is transferred.Google Scholar

18/ Source of data: Annual Report, New Jersey Department of Treasury.Google Scholar

19/ A detailed cash flow and cost analysis of the program has been conducted and will be published separately in the near future.Google Scholar

20/ Dept. of Agric. Economics and Marketing, May 1974, to be published soon.Google Scholar