Can I Split my Farmland Agreement?

A Farmland Agreement may be split into smaller Agreements if it meets certain requirements. Landowners should get the split approved and completed by the Farmland Preservation Office before transferring the land.

Minimum Requirements: To split an Agreement, each of the resulting parcels must meet one of the following criteria:

• Parcel is greater than 40 acres in size.
• Parcel is less than 40 acres in size but greater than 5 acres in size must contain at least 51% tillable land and the land must produce a gross annual income in excess of $200 per tillable acre.

How to request a split of a Farmland Development Rights Agreement:

To request a split of an Agreement, the following should be submitted to the Farmland Preservation Office:

• A completed SPLIT REQUEST FORM.
• Legal descriptions for each parcel that is to be placed in a separate Agreement.

Approval: Upon review of the information provided and if the parcels meet the requirements, new Agreements will be sent to the Agreement holders for signing. This must be completed prior to a transfer in ownership. ALL split Agreements must be signed, notarized, and returned to the Farmland Office before ANY of the split Agreements are valid.

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