Yates County Ag and Farmland Protection Board (AFPB)

The Yates County AFPB is an appointed body of the Yates County Legislature authorized by New York State Ag District Law (AML 25 AA) to oversee the administration of the state certified Ag District and promote the protection and enhancement of agriculture in the county.   Yates County's Ag District includes over two-thirds of the land area (145,000 acres) and 5,376 parcels of land in the county in parts of all nine towns.  The county has approximately 810 farms generating over $50 million per year in revenues.

 

December 2008 Protecting Agricultural Lands in the Finger Lakes II

Peter Landre, Cornell Cooperative Extension Yates County- Welcome
Hans Walter-Peterson, Finger Lakes Grape Program- Finger Lakes Vineyard Mapping Project
Andy Zepp, Finger Lakes Land Trust- Conservation Easements Basics and Tax Incentives
Donald Fisher, Pomeroy Appraisal Services- Appraisal Procedures for Agricultural Conservation Easements
Steven Bulkley, Farm Credit of Western New York- Reinvesting PDR Proceeds in the Sustainable Family Farm Business
David Haight, American Farmland Trust- Agriculture Protection Planning Tools and Options for Municipalities

Documents:
Yates County Ag and Farmland Enhancement Plan
Yates County Farmland Protection Implementation Program Pre-Application
Yates County Farmland Protection Powerpoint-Peter Landre, Cornell Cooperative Extension Yates County
Opportunity Knocks-Open Space is a Community Investment-Michael Franks


Links:
New York State Department of Ag and Markets ( http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/RFPS.html)
Finger Lakes Land Trust (http://www.fllt.org/ )
American Farmland Trust ( http://www.farmland.org/)
http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/yates/