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Do you own a large parcel of land? Are you a farmer – owning or leasing farmland? Do you have questions about how you can save on taxes or expand/start your farm or forestry business? Below are organizations and resources that can provide support to help you reach your goals for your farm and your land, whether it be through tax reduction programs, land lease arrangements, or agricultural business development, etc.
Farmland for a New Generation New York NY statewide farmland finder land/farmer matching program – find a farmer for your land or find land to farm
A Landowner’s Guide to Leasing Land for Farming
Hudson Valley Agribusiness Development Corporation All Albany County towns are members of this non-profit farm business support organization
Albany County Cornell Cooperative Extension
Capital Area Agriculture and Horticultural Program Part of Cornell Cooperative Extension
Albany County Soil and Water Conservation District
Agricultural Districts program
NYS Agricultural Assessment program, NY Farm Bureau Ag Assessment Fact Sheet
Albany County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board
Albany County Right to Farm Law
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy
NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York
American Farmland Trust – New York Chapter
480-a Forest Tax Law (conservation tax exemption program for 50 acres +)
Posting your land to protect private property
DEC Forest Stewardship Program (free site visit with a DEC Forester)