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Agricultural Planning Resources

 

Agricultural Sustainability and Smart Growth: Saving Urban-Influenced Farmland - pdf - by Edward Thompson, Jr., Senior Vice President, American Farmland Trust in collaboration with the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities.

Barns and Barn Preservation— pdf - A Bibliography (G3660-3) by Peggy Lee Beedle and Geoffrey M. Gyrisco. An introductory guide to books and articles on the history and design of Wisconsin’s historic farm buildings


Fences in Agricultural Areas - pdf - Fact sheet

Land Conservation Directory—pdf - Listing of county land conservation committees and departments, along with relevant state and federal agencies

Livestock Guidance—pdf - Local Planning for Livestock Operations in Wisconsin

Planning for Agriculture in Wisconsin (2002) - pdf

Use Value Guidelines for Agricultural Assessment - pdf - Report showing Wisconsin counties with taxable agricultural lands subject to use value assessment and the approved usevalue guidelines at the municipal level.

Wisconsin's Changing Farmstead - pdf - (G3660-2) - by Jerry Apps. Second in a series on the history of historic farm buildings

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