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Estimating Agricultural Use Value for Property Tax Purposes - How do State Programs Assess Use Value?
By: John E. Anderson
All fifty states in the United States provide property tax preferences for agricultural land via some form of use-value assessment. By this assessment approach agricultural land is valued in its current agricultural use, not at its full market value.Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/Estimating-Agricultural-Use-Value-for-Property-Tax-Purposes--How-do-State-Programs-Assess-Use-Value/1251/

Farm Bill 101
By: Farm Policy Facts
This is a title-by-title summary and brief history of the policies known as the Farm Bill. Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/Farm-Bill-101/935/

California Reforms Conservation Bank Framework
By: Pamela Kan-Rice
California has enacted the state's first conservation banking law, which enables landowners to receieve income for managing their lands to benefit wildlife.Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/California-Reforms-Conservation-Bank-Framework/1236/

Final Rule Amends Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Regulation
This final rule amends the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations to change the labeling provisions for muscle cut covered commodities to provide consumers with more specific information and amends the definition for ‘‘retailer’’ to include any person subject to be licensed as a retailer under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/Final-Rule-Amends-Country-of-Origin-Labeling-COOL-Regulation/1149/

The Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
By: National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
The Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act will support job creation by improving federal farm bill programs that support local and regional farm and food systems.Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/The-Local-Farms-Food-and-Jobs-Act-of-2013/973/

Food Safety Modernization Act
By: Joe Satran
Obama signed the landmark Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) into law in January 2011. The act, is supposed to shift the country's legal regime on food safety away from criminal punishment and toward prevention, largely by instituting four sets of rules about how the food industry, both here and abroad, would have to ensure its products are safe.Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/Food-Safety-Modernization-Act/955/

Organic Food Production Act
By: Timothy J. Sullivan (Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc.)
The Organic Food Production Act (OFPA) requires the USDA to implement a mandatory organic food certification program to assure consumers that food labled and marketed as organic has in fact been produced and handled without the use of synthetic chemicals.Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/Organic-Food-Production-Act/1059/

Roundup Ready Alfalfa Deregulation Legality Affirmed
By: National Cotton Council
A district court ruling fully deregulating Roundup Ready alfalfa has been upheld by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit — despite protests by a coalition of environmental organizations and organic farmers.Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/Roundup-Ready-Alfalfa-Deregulation-Legality-Affirmed/1154/

Maine's Tree Growth Tax Law
The Tree Growth Tax Law was enacted in Maine to help landowners maintain their property as productive woodlands. After implementing a Woodland Management Plan your property may be eligible to enroll in the Tree Growth Tax Program.Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/Maines-Tree-Growth-Tax-Law/832/

Can Our Association Do That? FCA Adopts New Rule for Farm Credit Subsidiaries
By: Pat Brown; David Gossett
The Farm Credit Administration has adopted a new final rule governing the ownership and use of unincorporated business entities (UBEs) by Farm Credit System institutions.Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/Can-Our-Association-Do-That-FCA-Adopts-New-Rule-for-Farm-Credit-Subsidiaries/1186/

Eminent Domain Law in Colorado - Part I - The Right to Take Private Property
By: M. Patrick Wilson
Part I of this article discusses the exercise of the power of eminent domain, including sources of authority, public purpose, necessity, and negotiations, as well as practical issues related to the filing of a condemnation action and obtaining immediate possession. Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/Eminent-Domain-Law-in-Colorado--Part-I--The-Right-to-Take-Private-Property/3026/

Eminent Domain Law in Colorado - Part II - Just Compensation
By: M. Patrick Wilson
Part II of this article addresses some of the key procedural and substantive rules governing the assessment of just compensation in a taking of private property, including important concepts in evaluating compensation claims for property actually taken, as well as remainder damages and specific benefits. Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/Eminent-Domain-Law-in-Colorado--Part-II--Just-Compensation/3027/

How Agricultural Property is Valued
By: Colorado Assessors Association, Colorado Association of Tax Appraisers and Colorado Division of Property Taxation, Department of Local Affairs
The actual value of agricultural lands shall be determined by consideration of the earning or productive capacity of the land over a reasonable time period, rather than their potential value if developed. Read More »
https://www.landcan.org/ctc-article/Misc-Legal-and-Tax-Articles/Laws-and-Regulations-/How-Agricultural-Property-is-Valued/3030/

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