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The Agriculture Retention and Development Act was created as part of New Jersey's efforts to counteract the loss of farmland in the state. The legislation formed the basis needed for the state to purchase the easements of New Jersey farms in order to ensure they remain as farms, and could never be sold for housing or for non-farming commercial development.
Right to farm laws in the United States deny nuisance lawsuits against farmers who use accepted and standard farming practices and have been in prior operation even if these practices harm or bother adjacent property owners or the general public. Agricultural nuisances may include noise, odors, visual clutter and dangerous structures.
Peter Southway of Springhouse Creamery in Wantage, left, makes a point on Aug. 10, 2023 with Rep. Josh Gottheimer, NJ-5, right, as Holly Systema of Windy Flats Farm in Wantage, and a member of the ...
Right-to-farm laws; T. Tzelepides This page was last edited on 23 April 2020, at 04:35 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
As we ring in the new year New Jersey will see a number of new laws taking effect. Here is what you need to know about some of 2024's new laws. New NJ laws are going into effect in 2024.
New Jersey is the only state in the nation where the farmer constituents of the Department of Agriculture set policy and actively manage the department and select its secretary. The State Board of Agriculture, an eight-member body created by statute in 1887, serves as the policy-making and general head of the department.
The bill, SB420, echoes measures already signed into law in numerous other states. It bans any “agent” of China from buying farmland in Georgia or any commercial land near military installations.
The state legislature passed the North Carolina Farm Act of 2018 to help reduce the exposure of farmers to unreasonable litigation and high punitive damage awards. Governor Roy Cooper vetoed the act, but the legislature overrode his veto. The new law does not apply to lawsuits that have already been filed. [6]