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Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP)

Program contact:Paul Petrichenko, Assistant State Conservationist
Phone: (302)-678-4180
FAX: (302) 678-0843

The Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program (FRPP) provides matching funds to help purchase development rights to keep productive farm and ranchland in agricultural uses. Working through existing programs, USDA partners with State or local governments and non-governmental organizations to acquire conservation easements or other interests in land from landowners. USDA provides up to 50 percent of the fair market easement value.

To qualify, farmland must: be part of a pending offer from a State or local farmland protection program; be privately owned; have a conservation plan for highly erodible land; be large enough to sustain agricultural production; be accessible to markets for what the land produces; have adequate infrastructure and agricultural support services; and have surrounding parcels of land that can support long-term agricultural production.

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Adobe Acrobat DocumentDelaware Farm and Ranchland Protection Fact Sheet (1,463 KB)

 


Last Modified:  12/03/2007 10:26:07 AM