93.73 Purchase of agricultural conservation easements.

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(1)Legislative findings. The legislature finds all of the following:

(a)That the preservation of farmland is important for current and future agricultural production in this state, including the production of food and other products needed to sustain the life, health, and welfare of the people of this state.

(b)That the preservation of farmland is important for the current and future state economy and for the current and future environment of this state.

(c)That purchases of agricultural conservation easements, as provided in this section, serve important public purposes of statewide significance.

(1m)Definitions. In this section:

(a)“Agricultural conservation easement” means a conservation easement, as defined in s. 700.40

(a), the purpose of which is to assure the availability of land for agricultural use.

(b)“Agricultural use” means any of the following:

1. Any of the following activities conducted for the purpose of producing an income or livelihood:

a. Crop or forage production.

b. Keeping livestock.

c. Beekeeping.

d. Nursery, sod, or Christmas tree production.

e. Floriculture.

f. Aquaculture.

g. Fur farming.

h. Forest management.

i. Enrollment of land in a federal agricultural commodity payment program or a federal or state agricultural land conservation payment program.