Deer Fencing Grants

• Fact Sheet
• Program Policy P-53 (Effective 12/2/19)
• SADC Deer Fencing Installation Training (YouTube video - Installation demonstration starts at 1:02:20)
• Application (Fillable PDF form) (Effective 12/2/19)
  Application Submission Options: 
  • Internet Explorer: Open the PDF form in Internet Explorer, type your responses, and click "Submit" to email the completed form to the SADC. You can also "cc" yourself on the email or otherwise save a copy of the form for yourself.
  • Other web browsers (use Adobe Acrobat or another PDF-form-filling program): Save the PDF form to your computer, open in Adobe Acrobat or another PDF-form-filling program, type your responses, and click" Submit" to email it to the SADC. You also can "cc" yourself on the email or otherwise save a copy of the form for yourself. (Completed forms also can be printed and then mailed or faxed to the SADC.) 
  • Writing: Print the PDF form, write your responses, and mail, fax, or email it to the SADC.

Resources Regarding Previous Funding Rounds

The SADC previously made deer fencing grants available through a Spring 2017 funding round and a Fall 2018 funding round. Information related to these prior funding rounds appears below.

Spring 2017 Funding Round

For farmers who were approved through the first round of cost-sharing grants, see the information below:

• Deer Fencing Program Policy P-53 (Effective 1/26/17)
• SADC Deer Fencing Installation Training (same link as above)

Fall 2018 Funding Round

For farmers who were approved through the second round of cost-sharing grants, see the information below:

• Deer Fencing Program Policy P-53 (Effective 10/25/18)
• SADC Deer Fencing Installation Training (YouTube video - Installation demonstration starts at 1:02:20)
• Press Release (10/30/18)
• Outreach Memo to the Agricultural Community (10/30/18)

Exercise a Residual Dwelling Site Opportunity (RDSO)  -- Policy
Exercise a Residual Dwelling Site Opportunity (RDSO) -- Application (PDF or Word )

The SADC adopted new and amended rules to implement legislation (P.L. 2015, c. 275) that allows a farmer who owns a qualifying preserved farm to apply for a special permit to conduct a rural microenterprise on a preserved farm within certain parameters. The law also promotes and incentivizes the preservation of historic and culturally significant agricultural structures.

Press Release (6/4/18)

Memo to Agricultural Community (9/26/18)

Rural Microenterprise Act

Fact Sheet

Application for a Special Permit for a Rural Microenterprise Activity on Preserved Farmland

Rules: The full text of the Rural Microenterprise rules is available via LexisNexis:
Visit http://www.lexisnexis.com/populartopics/njcode;
Click "I Agree";
Click the plus sign next to Title 2.Agriculture; (if Titles are not displayed, first click "NJ Administrative Code" under Links box at upper right).
Click the plus sign next to Chapter 76.State Agriculture Development Committee;
Click the plus signs next to Subchapter 22 and 22A for the Rural Microenterprise rules.

Deed of Easement Interpretation

The SADC in December 2008 appointed a subcommittee to examine various provisions of the farmland preservation Deed of Easement to determine where clarification may be needed to ensure consistent interpretation and related decision-making by the SADC and its preservation partners. Click here for more information on Deed of Easement interpretation.  

Energy Generation on Preserved Farms

P.L. 2009, c. 213, which affects the ability of farmers and other landowners to install solar, wind or biomass energy generation systems on farms, was signed into law in January 2010. The law identifies allowable limits and criteria for these activities on preserved farms, and for qualifying for farmland assessment and right-to-farm protection on both preserved and non-preserved farms.

Application for Solar Energy Generation Facilities on Preserved Farmland (for both rooftop and ground-mounted systems)

Unofficial copy of rules for Solar Energy Generation on Preserved Farms

Special Occasion Events on Preserved Farmland

P.L. 2023, c.9 became law on February 3, 2023. The law recognizes the positive effects that holding special occasion events (SOEs) on preserved farms can have, under certain conditions.

The SADC will be holding an SOE Webinar for farmers and others on Monday, June 5, 2023 at 7:00 pm. See below for how to join the webinar through Microsoft Teams.

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See the documents below for more information on SOEs, including what an SOE is, who may apply to hold SOEs, how many SOEs may be held, where they can be held, and the roles of easement holders (counties, nonprofits, and the SADC) and municipalities.

• Guidance Document - Overview
• Guidance Document - Q&A
• Outreach Presentation (PDF)
• Outreach Presentation (Previously Recorded Video - 4/10/23) (see also below)
• SOE law - P.L. 2023, c.9
  
  
• Sample Application Form
• Production Value Estimator Spreadsheet Tool
  • Tool Instructions
  • Spreadsheet Tool

SOE Outreach Presentation (Previously Recorded Video - 4/10/23)

Annual Monitoring of Preserved Farms

Monitoring Report E-form (link)

• Notes:
  • In your internet browser (Edge, Chrome, Firefox, etc.), you can save a blank Monitoring E-form to your computer and then open it with Adobe Reader. Right-click the link above / Select "Save link as..." / Save the PDF file / and open with Adobe Reader.
  • You also can open the form directly in Edge if you update the settings to allow Edge to open sites (such as the E-Form) in Internet Explorer mode. Note: Here are instructions for how to update the settings in Edge.