Auctions of Permanently Preserved Farmland NJ State Agriculture Development Committee

[njriverman]

Auctions of Permanently Preserved Farmland.

The State Agriculture Development Committee's Farmland Preservation Program periodically resells at public auction a number of farms it has purchased and permanently preserved. Upcoming auctions are listed below.
For more information about SADC auctions, please contact the Farmland Preservation Program at (800) 474-5314. New Jersey Farmland Preservation Program | Auctions of Permanently Preserved Farmland

SADC Auctions County Date of Auction
Former Erb Farm Burlington to be announced
Former Limm Farm Burlington to be announced
Former Holcombe Farm Hunterdon to be announced
Former Case Farm Hunterdon to be announced
Former Riback Farm Hunteron to be announced
Former Segreaves Farm Hunterdon to be announced
Former Jayne Farm Warren to be announced
Former Eagle Valley Farm Warren to be announced
Former Heil Farm Salem to be announced
Former Sassi Farm Salem to be announced
Former Schroeder Farm Salem to be announced


Counties and municipalities also periodically purchase, preserve, and resell farms at public auction. The NJ Farm Link Program often lists these and other preserved farmland auctions on its Farming Opportunities Available page.

New Jersey Farmland Preservation Program | Auctions of Permanently Preserved Farmland

[SAdams]

Question. When they auction of these "Preserved" farms, is there a stipulation that they must STAY "preserved" farms?

Now that the Secretary of Agriculture has resigned and Jackson of the NJDEP fame has moved to Chief of Staff, and no one is really watching out for us, will these "preserved" farms end up having houses built on them?

[njriverman]

Originally Posted by SAdams

Question. When they auction of these "Preserved" farms, is there a stipulation that they must STAY "preserved" farms?

Now that the Secretary of Agriculture has resigned and Jackson of the NJDEP fame has moved to Chief of Staff, and no one is really watching out for us, will these "preserved" farms end up having houses built on them?

Yes they must be farmed and one house only can be built and one occupant at the home must work farm.

I was interested to buy one and plant timber but that is not allowed. Nursery stock would be.

[Pineygirl]

Originally Posted by njriverman

Yes they must be farmed and one house only can be built and one occupant at the home must work farm.

I was interested to buy one and plant timber but that is not allowed. Nursery stock would be.

I always wondered why timber wasn't allowed. Do you know the reason? It seems to me that preserving land is preserving land -- no matter what you're growing on it.

[SAdams]

Thanks njriverman. Glad to hear that these rules are in place to preserve our farmland. I really don't mind using tax dollars to preserve these farms to be used for farming. Don't understand that timber business either. My gripe is the taxpayer money buying up contaminated land at HIGH prices to get the players out of cleaning land at BIG profits. And then flipping them over to the County for more money as Parks.

Thanks again for the explanation.