AFT's Farmland Information Center Releases Annual PACE Statistics
September 23, 2009
September 23, 2009
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The American Farmland Trust issued the following news release:
According to new statistics released by American Farmland Trust's Farmland Information Center, local farmland protection efforts slowed in 2008, likely due to record high land values. The statistics were generated from a nationwide survey of 77 independent "purchase of agricultural conservation easement" (PACE) programs in 19 states. PACE programs pay farmers and ranchers to permanentl . . .
According to new statistics released by American Farmland Trust's Farmland Information Center, local farmland protection efforts slowed in 2008, likely due to record high land values. The statistics were generated from a nationwide survey of 77 independent "purchase of agricultural conservation easement" (PACE) programs in 19 states. PACE programs pay farmers and ranchers to permanentl . . .