NC Choices – Frequently Asked Questions – Center for Environmental Farming Systems

Present Use Value: Special Ag Use Cases of Land Trusts, Solar Facilities, and Silvopasture Management (2022)

Marcello Cappellazzi — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:03:24 +0000

Present Use Value: Special Ag Use Cases of Land Trusts, Solar Facilities, and Silvopasture Management (2022).

This paper looks at maintaining Present Use Value (PUV) under ownership and use changes when land is converted to solar energy production, is purchased by a non-profit conservation organization and leased out for farming, or is put to a hybrid use of agricultural and forestry production known as silvopasture (sometimes called agroforestry). Each of the three categories of land use poses unique challenges to the traditional application of the PUV program, which has strict acreage, ownership, and income requirements for enrollment and maintenance of status. Changes in use and ownership can cause removal from the program, and the penalty for removal can be severe (as explored in the document).

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A Comprehensive Guide To Building Land-lease Partnerships For Silvopasture, Solar And Public Lands (2021)

Emily Edmonds — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 04:36:49 +0000

Comprehensive Guide To Building Land-lease Partnerships For Silvopasture, Solar And Public Lands (2021)

The NC Beginning Farmer Project, funded by a US Department of Agriculture NIFA grant and hosted at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems at NC State University, aimed to help develop and test innovative ways to assist beginning farmers’ with access to land, and provide resources and training which is not currently available.

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FAQ Sheet for Beginning Niche Meat Producers (2020)

Emily Edmonds — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:48:51 +0000

FAQ Sheet for Beginning Niche Meat Producers (2020)

The purpose of this FAQ sheet is to provide very practical answers to commonly-asked questions for small pasture-based farmers entering into the niche meat business.

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Sheep Grazing Solar Farm Budget Template 2020

Emily Edmonds — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:48:30 +0000

Sheep Grazing Solar Farm Budget Template

This template was prepared for general information purposes only and is intended to provide a starting point for Farmers as they develop Budgets for use in their business.

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Leasing Farm Land for Landowners and Farmers

Emily Edmonds — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:51:06 +0000

Keep Farm Land in Farming: Lease Considerations for Landowners and Farmers

This series of guides has been prepared for farmers and ranchers who are interested in leasing private or public lands for grazing and silvopasture. NC Choices is validating lease strategies through its USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Project, a three-year program to match niche meat producers with land opportunities across North Carolina.

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Negotiating Farm Leases & Lease Budgets

Emily Edmonds — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 20:58:13 +0000

Negotiating Farm Leases & Lease Budgets

Best practices for solar grazing, silvopasture on private land, and silvopasture or grazing on public land.

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NC Choices FAQs: Agricultural Marketing Service’s Withdrawal of the Grass Fed Claim (2016)

CEFS — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 12:57:38 +0000

NC Choices FAQs: Agricultural Marketing Service’s Withdrawal of the Grass Fed Claim (2016)

Many producers have asked questions about the new Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) change to withdraw the voluntary marketing claim standard, Grass (Forage) Fed, and the Naturally Raised Marketing Claim Standard. To help address some of these questions, NC Choices has put together a brief set of questions and answers on the Grass fed Label change.

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