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Governor wants to restore state land conservation fund Governor wants to restore state land conservation fund Originally appeared on "thedailytimes.com" By Joel Davis March 11, 2010 The Tennessee General Assembly is studying a proposal to restore funds for land acquisition and conservation in the 2010-2011 budget. In 1991, the legislature allocated a portion of the state's real estate transfer tax for the State Lands Acquisition Fund. According to the Forever Green Tennessee campaign, however, the funds were diverted in 2008 and 2009 to help mitigate state budget shortfalls. Gov. Phil Bredesen has now proposed restoring the fund to $17 million. While it is less funding than previous years, Environment and Conservation Commissioner Jim Fyke said the money is needed. State Sen. Doug Overbey, R-Maryville, said the proposal is a good one. “They are restoring the real estate transfer tax to land and soil conservation funds. I think is good and hope we can do that. Over the past several years, we have tried to restore funds that had previously been diverted. I think that would be a positive thing to do. Whether in final analysis it can be done remains yet to be seen. We're in the 21st month of declining sales tax revenues. So, what the final budget will look like is still a question mark.”
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Buying and selling of agricultural land can be very complex. To help you tackle the issues surrounding agricultural land transactions, Farms.com Real Estate has compiled a list of experts in the areas of agricultural economics and land values.

University of Illinois

Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Extension Specialist, Farm Management
Gary Schnitkey
schnitke@uiuc.edu

Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Extension Specialist, Farm Management
Dale Lattz
d-lattz@uiuc.edu

Iowa State University

Michael Duffy
mduffy@iastate.edu
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/faculty/duffy/landnew.html

Kansas State University

Kevin Dhuyvetter
Professor and Extension Specialist, Farm Management
kcd@ksu.edu

Terry Kastens
Professor and Extension Specialist, Farm Management
tkastens@agecon.ksu.edu

Michigan State University

Stephen Harsh
Professor and Extension Specialist in Agricultural Economics
harsh@msu.edu

Eric Wittenberg
Outreach Specialist
wittenbe@msu.edu

University of Minnesota

Philip Raup
Professor Emeritus
praup@umn.edu

David Bau
Agricultural Business Management, Agricultural Business Management
bauxx003@umn.edu


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