Prime farmland definition

Prime farmland means lands as prescribed by commission regulation that have the soil characteristics and moisture supply needed to produce sustained high yields of adapted crops economically when treated and managed, including management of water, according to modern farming methods. Furthermore, such lands historically have been used for intensive agricultural purposes and are large enough in size to constitute a viable economic unit.

Prime farmland means land that has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, fiber, forage, oilseed, and other agricultural crops with minimum inputs of fuel, fertilizer, pesticides, and labor without intolerable soil erosion, as determined by NRCS.

Prime farmland means the same as prescribed by the United States department of agriculture pursuant to 7 C.F.R. §657.5(a).

Examples of Prime farmland in a sentence

• This soil may support yields as high as Prime farmland if conditions are favorable.

• Prime farmland soils are not excessively erodible or saturated with water for a long period of time, and they either do not flood frequently or are protected from flooding.

• Prime farmland includes land that possesses the above characteristics but is being used currently to produce livestock and timber.

• Prime farmland produces the highest yields with minimal inputs and results in the least damage to the environment, see Natural Resources Map.

• It has been empirically verified that we (almost universally – 1989:115) prefer environs that are “parklike or woodlawn or savanna” which are safe and provide free movement (1989:48; see also Frumkin 2001:236),7 aptly reflecting our early hominid history.8 Our preferences have also been shaped (nowadays) to choose for a balance between human influence and nature (1989:29, 31), for instance an attractive park instead of an industrial area.

More Definitions of Prime farmland

Prime farmland means those lands which are defined by the Secretary of Agriculture in 7 CFR 657 and which have been historically used for crop- land.

Prime farmland means land that:

Prime farmland means those lands which are defined by the Secretary of Agriculture in 7 CFR Part 657 (Federal Register Vol. 4, No. 21) and which have historically been used for cropland.

Prime farmland means land that the commission determines meets the criteria prescribed by the secretary of agriculture and published in the Federal Register, including moisture availability, temperature regime, chemical balance, permeability without regard to annual mean soil temperatures, surface layer composition, susceptibility to flooding, and erosion characteristics, and that historically has been used for intensive agricultural purposes. Land has not historically been used for the production of cultivated crops if:

Prime farmland means those lands defined by the Secretary of Agriculture in 7 C.F.R. 657 and that have been "historically used for cropland" as that phrase is defined in this section.

Prime farmland means the same as prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture on the basis of such factors as moisture availability, temperature regime, chemical balance, permeability, surface layer composition, susceptibility to flooding, and erosion characteristics.

Prime farmland means lands as prescribed by commission regulation that have the