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Description
County listings detail agricultural districts in New York State, including district numbers and participating towns. Each record includes creation date, anniversary date, total acres, farmed acres, cropped acres, owned acres, rented acres, and farm counts. The dataset is maintained by data.ny.gov and updated annually each January.
Use Cases
Analyze farmland protection trends using Creation Date and Total Acres in Agricultural Districts across counties.
Assess agricultural land tenure patterns by comparing Acres Owned and Rented Acres within districts.
Monitor program participation and growth via Agricultural District Number and County fields for the 53 participating counties.
Strengths
Covers 53 of New York's 62 counties
Includes multiple acreage metrics per district (total, farmed, cropped, owned, rented)
Annual update schedule provides recurring data
Limitations
Unknown total row count and sample size
No sample data available to verify column completeness
Geographic coverage excludes 9 New York counties
Provenance
Source
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (DAM) Agricultural District program
Collection Method
Landowner-initiated program participation, aggregated by county
Freshness
Updated annually in January
Geography
New York State, specifically 53 participating counties
License terms are unknown. Data is landowner-initiated, which may introduce self-selection bias.