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Agriculture Development Board

Funding for the Farmland Preservation Program

The Morris County Preservation Trust Fund was established in 1992. The regulations governing the Trust Fund allocate 25% of the fund exclusively for farmland preservation purposes. The following table summarizes the county funding for the Farmland Preservation Program. The levy for 2011 has been set at 1.5 cents per $100 of equalized county valuation.

Funding Source
Morris County Preservation Trust Fund
Farmland Preservation Allocation (25%)
Year 25% Allocation
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010*
$ 738,711
$ 1,040,338
$ 1,656,385
$ 2,000,000
$ 2,100,000
$ 3,000,000
$ 3,900,000
$ 4,300,000
$ 5,000,000
$ 6,250,000
$ 8,230,000
$ 9,330,000
$ 10,088,000
$ 11,033,000
$ 11,270,000
$ 11,270,000
$ 5,125,000
*Estimated Allocation