• Farmland Preservation Brochure
• Considerations for Preservation
• Residential Information & Improvements
• Exception Areas
• Division of the Premises
  
• Nonagricultural Uses
• Milestones in the Application Process
• Methods of Valuation (What Offers am I Eligible to Receive)
• Statewide Farmland Preservation Formula
• Pinelands Valuation Formula
• PIG Program Planning Guidance
• Equine Activities Questionnaire
• ALE Guidance Document
• ALE Comparison Chart
• Term Farmland Preservation Program

     Statewide Farmland Preservation Formula

P.L. 2023, c.245 became law on January 8, 2024, authorizing the State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) to adopt rules establishing a Statewide Farmland Preservation Formula (“Statewide Formula”) as an alternative method for the valuation of farmland to be acquired for Farmland Preservation Program (FPP) purposes. The rules were published April 7, 2025 and the Statewide Formula is now effective!

Please review this Guidance Document to learn more.

To view the spatial data contributing to the Statewide Farmland Preservation Formula, please see the Statewide Formula Value Reference Map developed by the SADC.

For more information, please contact the coordinator for the County the farm is in or SADC Chief of Acquisition Stephanie Kreiser at Stephanie.Kreiser@ag.nj.gov or (609) 913-6612. 

• Presentation: Farmland Preservation for Practitioners: Process and Best Practices
  2018 New Jersey Land Trust Conservation Rally -- March 2, 2018
• Guidelines for Reviewing Title Commitment/Policy

• Preliminary Conditional Approval of Planning Incentive Grant Applications
  6/23/08 Memo to County and Municipal PIG Partners
• Municipal Planning Grant Application Process Workshop  -  2018 Muni-PIG Application Process PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Implementation Details for County and Municipal Planning Incentive Grant Programs

• Special Occasion Events on Preserved Farmland - Overview and Q&A
• FAQ - NJ Cannabis (Marijuana) and Hemp

• Regional Conservation Partnership Program Funding

• Natural Gas Pipeline Projects on NJ Preserved Farmland: Frequently Asked Questions (December 2015)
• Landowner Guide to SADC Procedures for the Condemnation of Preserved Farmland (July 2015)

• Right to Farm Guidebook (August 2016)
• Right to Farm Fact Sheet (June 2022)
• Farmer-to-Farmer Advice for Avoiding Conflicts With Neighbors and Towns (February 2008)
• What Is the Municipal Role in Farm Regulation? (New Jersey Municipalities, January 2006)
• Right to Farm Act Resolves Disputes in Most Densely Populated State (New Jersey Law Journal, May 30, 2005)

• Agricultural Mediation Fact Sheet (January 2020)
• New Jersey Agricultural Mediation Program Handbook (March 2014)

• Soil and Water Grants - Guidance Document 
• Wildlife Fencing Grants - Guidance Document 
• Leasing Farmland in New Jersey: A Guide for Landowners and Farmers (June 2013)
• Landowner Worksheet - Planning for a Lease (August 2014)
• Farmer Worksheet - Planning for a Lease (August 2014)
• Transferring the Family Farm: What Worked, What Didn’t, for 10 New Jersey Families (Booklet, December 2004)
• Helping Farmers Access Farmland: New Jersey's New Land Link Website, Journal of Extension article (December 2015)
• Rural Microenterprises on Preserved Farmland
• NJ Land Link Fact Sheet
• Next Generation Farmer Program

NJ Department of Agriculture Resources