Farmers interested in adding land or removing land from a locally approved, state certified Agricultural District should start with contacting their county planning representative. For our region that would be the Herkimer and Oneida Counties Comprehensive Planning Program (HOCCPP) staff.
Agricultural District reviews are usually conducted every eight years from the anniversary date of district formation. During this eight year review period (section 303-a AML) lands may be added or removed from the district. Recent State Legislation also provides for an annual, open enrollment period (section 303-b AML) by which parcels may be added to an Agricultural District. Currently the open enrollment changes have yet to be certified, which means that while new Ag District maps may be here by the end of the year, the old ones are still the most recent available.
The HOCCPP website has a set of maps you can review by town within each county. Click here to see the maps by the town you're interested in. However, if you want to see each county as a whole, select a map from below. Just keep in mind that these will be changing in the near future to reflect the newest additions to the Agricultural Districts in our region !
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