County Agriculture Development Board

As the state begins to assess the damage from Hurricane Ida, remember USDA is here to help. USDA offers technical and financial assistance to help farmers and livestock producers recover.

To better assist producers, USDA has published a brochure, Disaster Assistance Programs At A Glance. The brochure is a quick reference guide to available Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Risk Management Agency disaster assistance programs.

The brochure gives a short description of each program and lets you quickly identify which program(s) are available for each natural disaster event.

Also, on farmers.gov, you can learn about USDA disaster assistance programs that might be right for you. With the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, you answer five questions about the natural disasters that have impacted your operation to find out which USDA programs offer assistance.

To learn how to apply for disaster programs, contact your local USDA Service Center at farmers.gov/service-center-locator.

The Spotted Lanternfly is an invasive species that can be very damaging to plants, trees and crops.

Information about Spotted Lanternfly can be found on the Rutgers Cooperative Extension website.

North Jersey RC&D has received funding from the USDA to provide farms in northern New Jersey a renewable energy assessment.

Please visit https://www.northjerseyrcd.org/reda for more information. 

• NJ REDA Program Flyer(PDF, 591KB)

The Morris County Agriculture Development Board permanently preserved the Perkoski Farm in Mount Olive Township.

• Perkoski Farm Closing(PDF, 182KB)
• List of Preserved Farms(PDF, 793KB)
• Information about Preserved Farms
• Chart – Cumulative Preserved Acres(PDF, 43KB)
• Chart – Annual Preserved Acres(PDF, 208KB)
• Easement Values(PDF, 597KB)  (All preserved farms in Morris County)
• List of Farms Pending Preservation(PDF, 62KB)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) is now accepting applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). Applications that meet eligibility and ranking criteria for ACEP received by February 5, 2021 will be considered for the 2021 program. Learn more.

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) invited potential conservation partners to submit project applications for federal funding through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). NRCS will award up to $360 million dollars to locally driven, public-private partnerships that improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability.

Today’s farmers are changing the way we farm and eat in this country. Read the new Farmers’ Guide to Innovative USDA Programs and Resources(PDF, 6MB) ; it’s for anyone who is farming – or thinking about getting into farming – whether you’re a beginner or just looking to try something new.

Recently, there has been significant interest among certain private utility companies, predominantly those related to developing natural gas pipelines and electrical transmission systems, to cross over preserved farmland for the purposes of upgrading or expanding utility system capacity. The SADC has developed a landowner guide(PDF, 94KB)  to help preserved farmland owners understand the SADC’s procedures for condemnation of preserved farmland.

• Landowner Guide to SADC Procedures for the Condemnation of Preserved Farmland(PDF, 94KB)

The State Agriculture Development Committee’s (SADC’s) NJ Land Link website, www.njlandlink.org, connects farmers who are seeking land or farming opportunities, with those who have farmland or business opportunities available.

The State Agriculture Development Committee’s (SADC’s) guidebook, Leasing Farmland in New Jersey, includes information on creating and maintaining a lease, sample leases, profiles of various leasing arrangements, and additional resources to assist with leasing issues. Download the guidebook(PDF, 1MB).

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture has been in discussions the state Division of Travel and Tourism, concerning gaining more exposure for our farms and agricultural events on the Division’s very popular and highly-used website www.visitnj.org.

Read more about how to list your agribusiness or farm(PDF, 114KB).