Land & Legal
Helpful Links, Documents & Information
Land
- Beginning Farmer Tax Program
- https://dced.pa.gov/programs/beginning-farmer-tax-credit-program/
- Long-Term Leasing Booklet
- https://pafarmlink.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SCBG-LTL-Booklet-FINAL.pdf
- PFL - Farmers Leasing Farmland
- https://pafarmlink.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PFL-FarmerLeasingResource.pdf
- PFL - Landowners Leasing Land in Pennsylvania
- https://pafarmlink.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PFL-LandownerLeaseResource.pdf
- Ag Leasing 101
- Multi-state materials which help land owners and land operators make informed and equitable leasing decisions.
- http://aglease101.org/
- Land for Good
- https://landforgood.org/
- Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Association
- http://www.pafarmland.org/
- PA Department of Agriculture - Farmland Preservation Program
- https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/farmland/Pages/default.aspx
- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy's Farmland Access Initiative
- http://waterlandlife.org/
Legal
- Center for Agricultural & Shale Law-Penn State University
- https://pennstatelaw.psu.edu/academics/research-centers/center-agricultural-and-shale-law
- Drake Agricultural Law Center
- https://www.drake.edu/law/clinics-centers/aglaw/
- EPA: Laws and Regulations that Apply to Farms
- https://www.epa.gov/agriculture/laws-and-regulations-apply-your-agricultural-operation-farm-activity
- Farmland Access Legal Toolkit
- https://farmlandaccess.org/
- National Agricultural Law Center
- https://nationalaglawcenter.org/
National Young Farmers Coalition
- Finding Farmland Calculator
- http://www.growingproduce.com/vegetables/new-tool-land-seekers/
- Finding Farmland Online Course
- https://nationalyoungfarmerscoalition.cmail19.com/t/j-l-mqkkit-wyktltts-d/