Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
The Commissioner of Agriculture shall use the following scoring values when considering applications for inclusion in the agricultural lands preservation program. A minimal total score of 65 points from subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, of this section, is required for consideration by the Commissioner.
(a) PROBABILITY OF NON-AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION (maximum 10 points)
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(1) Estate settlement or planning |
10 points |
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(2) Active negotiations to sell property |
5 points |
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(3) Significant flood storage area in flood plain |
10 points |
(b) CURRENT PRODUCTIVITY FROM OFFERED LAND AND LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUED PRODUCTIVITY (maximum 40 points)
Total cropland offered (check one)
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0 – 4 acres |
0 pts. |
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5 – 15 acres |
4 pts. |
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16 – 25 acres |
8 pts. |
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26 – 50 acres |
12 pts. |
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51 – 75 acres |
16 pts. |
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more than 75 acres |
20 pts. |
Crop yields per acre as determined by comparison of subject with state averages (check one)
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33% or less |
0 pts. |
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34 – 66% |
4 pts. |
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66 – 84% |
6 pts. |
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85% or more |
10 pts. |
(c) SUITABILITY OF OFFERED LAND FOR AGRICULTURE (maximum 40 points)
Quantity of land offered that are classified as prime and important farmland soils (check one)
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less than 30 acres |
0 pts. |
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30 – 50 acres |
5 pts. |
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50 – 75 acres |
10 pts. |
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75 – 100 acres |
15 pts. |
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more than 100 acres |
20 pts. |
Percentage of cropland in application that contains prime and important farmland soils (check one)
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20% or less |
0 pts. |
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21 – 40% |
5 pts. |
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41 – 60% |
10 pts. |
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61 – 80% |
15 pts. |
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81% or more |
20 pts. |
(d) PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL OF STATE (maximum points 20)
Method of marketing the commodities produced on the subject (check one)
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Regular contract or cooperative |
10 pts. |
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Regional market or delivery route |
8 pts. |
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Farmers market or consumer picking |
6 pts. |
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Lease of land to an agricultural producer |
4 pts. |
Active farmland within a two mile radius (check one)
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200 acres or less |
0 pts. |
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201 – 300 acres |
2 pts. |
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301 – 500 acres |
4 pts. |
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501 – 800 acres |
6 pts. |
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801 – 1000 acres |
8 pts. |
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more than 1000 acres |
10 pts. |
Agricultural support services available to subject within a 30 mile radius (machinery, horticultural and livestock) (check one)
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Good-All Available |
5 pts. |
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Fair-Some Available |
3 pts. |
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Poor-None Available |
0 pts. |
(e) NEGATIVE FACTORS INFLUENCING PRESERVATION (subtract points from total of all the categories above) Maximum negative points 10.
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Surrounding properties intensively developed |
10 pts. |
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Costs of development rights estimated to be in excess of $10,000/acre |
5 pts. |
(Effective August 21, 1991)