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The Secret to Farmland Preservation In Indiana Revealed At Last

The Secret to Farmland Preservation In Indiana Revealed At Last. Can agriculture survive an Elkhart County experience?. Elkhart County Ag business preservation tools 1. Agriculture zoning 2. Land Trust 3. Ag TIF district. Evolution of a New Comp Plan.

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The Secret to Farmland Preservation In Indiana Revealed At Last

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  1. The Secret to Farmland Preservation In Indiana Revealed At Last

  2. Can agriculture survive an Elkhart County experience?

  3. ElkhartCounty Ag business preservation tools 1. Agriculture zoning 2. Land Trust 3. Ag TIF district

  4. Evolution of a New Comp Plan new planadopt Ag zones Public hearing Roman Ag TIF Land trust New Comm. Horizon Take Charge 1992 2002-3 1999 2000 Sept 15 2005 Jan 1 2005 Nov 10, 2005

  5. Ag Zoning • A-3 Farmland Preservation District • A-4 Confined Feeding Protection District • A-5 Intensive Livestock District Purpose – public participation, protection of activities and community planning.

  6. Land Trust -- • Wood Land Lakes RCD • Acres protected in NE Indiana • 900 acres total • 190 acres in Elkhart county Purpose- protects land from development in perpetuity.

  7. Ag TIF District • Leases development rights to Elkhart County Redevelopment Commission • Term: year-to-year basis unless owners provide written notice to Redevelopment commission • Payments: 95% of tax incremental finance revenues • Termination penalty: revenues paid to owners last 10 years plus 6% interest

  8. Did we make a difference? • According to US Ag Census • Land in farms 1997 192,217 acres • Land in farms 2002 200,879 acres

  9. USDA Census Taker

  10. Discovering the real secret inTale of Two Counties • Randolph County – new 1,500 cow dairy vs. weird science and wacko environmentalists • Elkhart County

  11. Ag Picture – Too Much Poop?

  12. The Economic Picture

  13. Ag State Rankings

  14. The Farmland Preservation Secret Profitable farming with Livestock and ag diversity

  15. Add one 1,500 cow dairy farm • 70 # per cow per day • $13.50 per cwt. milk price • U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Dairy Industry multiplier : 2.8275

  16. Add one 1,500 cow dairy farm • Gross sales =$5.2 mil. • Multiplier = $14.6 mil. • Randolph County Manufacturing shipments in 1997 = $3.6 mil. • Randolph county value of Ag. Production in 2002 = $70 mil.

  17. Counties are already applying the secret

  18. Planning for Agriculture: Benton & White County, IN

  19. Benton County, IN Comprehensive Plan

  20. Specialized Land Use Issues • General Agriculture • Confined Feeding Operations (CFO) • Bio Industries • Landfill • Wind Farms

  21. White County, IN Zoning Ordinance

  22. White County CFO Locations

  23. The Farmland Preservation Secret • Profitable farming with Livestock and ag diversity • Agriculture protection zoning • Comprehensive plan supporting ag

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