Agricultural Districts

The New York State Agricultural Districts Law offers many benefits and protections to landowners with active farmland in a designated agricultural district. These benefits include reducing property assessments and limiting local regulations that unreasonably restrict or regulate farming practices. Agricultural districts can help to create an economic and regulatory climate that supports and protects the local agricultural economy.

Inclusion of lands in agricultural districts is entirely voluntary. There are two agricultural districts in Tompkins County. These districts are formally reviewed every eight years on a rotating basis.