
As someone actively searching for farmland for farm purposes, one thing farmers could do when they decide to sell is actually consider use with their buyers and the price they put on it. Pricing it at 6-15 times the price of 10 years ago based on what developers will pay will also price people who want to actually farm it out of the market.








For where I am there is a similar fee for the rezoning, but I don’t think that matters to them at this point. Even with the 3-5 acre minimum plots some of the towns have.
I’ve seen a few straight up empty plots (no buildings but actively farmed) in the 20-80 acre range sell for millions, that sold less than 10 years ago in the $200k-$400k range. They’ve already been split up into new lots, starting price of the homes are $900k and up, not even built yet. The fee on the taxes is less than 10% of the sale price according to public records.