{"id":2272596,"date":"2024-06-20T13:45:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-weighs-12-million-plan-to-block-farms-from-getting-developed\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T13:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:48:00","slug":"utah-weighs-12-million-plan-to-block-farms-from-getting-developed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-weighs-12-million-plan-to-block-farms-from-getting-developed\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah considers a $12 million proposal to prevent development on farmland"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futah-weighs-12-million-plan-to-block-farms-from-getting-developed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2272596&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2064 summary discusses issues\u2062 faced by Utah where it has lost \u200b20% of its\u2062 farmland. The\u2064 state&#8217;s Department of \u2064Agriculture and Food is responding by\u200d allocating $12 million to prevent farmers from selling their land to developers. The strategy \u200binvolves expanding\u200c conservation\u2064 easements, a\u200b legal agreement where farmers are compensated to relinquish\u2062 certain development\u2063 rights, thus ensuring the land remains in agriculture rather than being\u2062 developed for other\u200c purposes. This allows the land to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-before-seen-vincent-van-gogh-painting-to-be-publicly-displayed\/\" title=\"Never-before-seen Vincent Van Gogh painting to be publicly displayed\">remain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debunking-the-myth-of-americas-unique-gun-problem\/\" title=\"Debunking The Myth Of \u2018America\u2019s Unique Gun Problem\u2019\">privately owned<\/a><\/a> but restricts its\u200c sale and development, \u2064preserving \u2062it for agricultural use.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/utah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Utah<\/a> lost 20% of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/farming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>farmland<\/a>, the state\u2019s Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/agriculture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Agriculture\">Agriculture<\/a> and Food wants to set $12 million toward a measure that blocks farmers from selling out to developers.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Agriculture and Food is pushing to expand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deeply-problematic-biden-land-management-nominee-tracy-stone-manning-received-favorable-loan-from-wealthy-developer-two-years-after-helping-him-secure-development-deal\/\" title=\"\u2018Deeply Problematic\u2019: Biden Land Management Nominee Tracy Stone-Manning Received Favorable Loan From Wealthy Developer Two Years After Helping Him Secure Development Deal\">conservation easements<\/a>, the process in which farmers are paid to give up specific development rights from their land\u2019s deeds. While the lands are still privately owned, owners give up the right to sell their land, keeping it from being developed into subdivisions and used for mining extraction or other types of intensive development.<\/p>\n<p>The department\u2019s request has set off some tension among Utah officials. While most agree the decline in farms is a problem, there is a divide on how to address it. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Swift water flows along the Provo River on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, just north of Provo, Utah. (AP Photo\/Rick Bowmer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Republican state Rep. Scott Chew is unsure about addressing the problem with more regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to proceed cautiously, and we need to look a little bit more broad-minded and try to come up with a Utah solution rather than jumping on the federal bandwagon,\u201d Chew said on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Utah receives $5 million to $6 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-probes-federal-funds-for-antisemitic-indoctrination-terrorism\/\" title=\"Congress investigates federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-donald-trump-job-approval-shifts-to-52-percent\/\" title=\"Poll: Donald Trump Job Approval Shifts to 52 Percent\">funding<\/a> for anti-Semitic indoctrination and terrorism&#8221;>federal funds annually<\/a> for conservation easements. But the problem continues to grow. Between 2017 and 2022, Utah saw a loss of over 1,000 farms, a 5.6% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utahfarmbureau.org\/Article\/Over-140000-Farms-Lost-in-5-Years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>decline<\/a>. Roughly\u00a02.7 million acres of Utah farmland have disappeared since the 1960s, according to Terry Camp, public policy vice president for the Utah Farm Bureau. <\/p>\n<p>Camp and Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Land Conservation Program Manager Jeremy Christensen believes additional funding is the way to handle the problem. Christensen said Utah could unlock millions more in conservation easement funds if aside the $12 million in funding to match federal investment. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christensen and Camp agree more control over development is needed as Utah\u2019s population swells. <\/p>\n<p>They said conservation easements are the answer to shrinking farmland. \u201cWe don\u2019t oppose all development, but we want smart development,\u201d Camp said. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah&#8217;s Department of Agriculture and Food proposes allocating $12 million to prevent farmers from selling their land to developers after losing 20% of its farmland. 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