New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 76 - STATE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Subchapter 2 - RIGHT TO FARM
Section 2:76-2.1 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
As used in this subchapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:
"Agricultural management practices" means practices which have been recommended by the State Agriculture Development Committee, and adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 52:14B-1 et seq., which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, air and water quality control, noise control, pesticide control, fertilizer application, integrated pest management and labor practices.
"Board" means a county agriculture development board established pursuant to 4:1C-17 or a subregional agricultural retention board established pursuant to 4:1C-20.
"Commercial farm" means:
1. A farm management unit of no less than five acres producing agricultural or horticultural products worth $ 2,500 or more annually, and satisfying the eligibility criteria for differential property taxation pursuant to the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964, 54:4-23.1 et seq.; or
2. A farm management unit less than five acres, producing agricultural or horticultural products worth $ 50,000 or more annually and otherwise satisfying the eligibility criteria for differential property taxation pursuant to the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964, 54:4-23.1 et seq.
"Committee" means the State Agriculture Development Committee established pursuant to 4:1C-4.
"Farm management unit" means a parcel or parcels of land, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, together with agricultural or horticultural buildings, structures and facilities, producing agricultural or horticultural products, and operated as a single enterprise.
"Farm market" means a facility used for the wholesale or retail marketing of the agricultural output of a commercial farm, and products that contribute to farm income, except that if a farm market is used for retail marketing at least 51 percent of the annual gross sales of the retail farm market shall be generated from sales of agricultural output of the commercial farm, or at least 51 percent of the sales area shall be devoted to the sale of the agricultural output of the commercial farm, and except that if a retail farm market is located on land less than five acres in area, the land on which the farm market is located shall produce annually agricultural or horticultural products worth at least $ 2,500.
"Site specific agricultural management practice" means a specific operation or practice which has been recommended by the appropriate board, or in a county where no board exists, the Committee, to constitute a generally accepted agricultural operation or practice.
"State Soil Conservation Committee" means an agency of the State established pursuant to 4:24-1 et seq.
