Note: A building, structure or improvement that is an integral part of, or is incidental to, an agricultural use under s. 91.01(1) (a) includes facilities on the farm used to: store or process raw agricultural commodities primarily produced on the farm, keep livestock, keep or service vehicles or equipment primarily used on the farm, provide veterinary services to livestock on the farm, or store or process inputs for agricultural uses primarily on the farm. Such buildings and structures may also include greenhouses, roadside stands and agricultural research facilities selling or utilizing agricultural products produced primarily on the farm, as well as facilities to produce energy primarily from the farm's products, or primarily for use on the farm, such as wind turbines, solar energy structures, manure digesters, or bio-fuel facilities. A waste storage or processing facility to store or process animal waste produced on the farm may also be considered an accessory use.
Note: An activity or business operation that is an integral part of, or incidental to, an agricultural use under s. 91.01(1) (b), Stats., could include activities such as: direct sales from farm to customer, "you-pick" operations, crop mazes, and agricultural tourism operations.
Note: These "agriculture-related uses" may include facilities to: provide agricultural supplies, equipment, fertilizers, pesticides or other agricultural inputs or services to farms; store, process, handle, or market raw agricultural commodities; slaughter or process livestock that were primarily kept off-site; or process agricultural by-products or wastes produced primarily off-site. A manure digester, bio-fuel facility or other facility that produces energy for use primarily off-site may also be considered an agriculture-related use.
Note: Under this provision, the political subdivision may now choose to define "base farm tract" in any of the following ways:
Note: This definition is similar to that found in s. 66.1001(1) (am), Stats., for the comprehensive planning program. Under s. 91.10(2), Stats., the farmland preservation plan is required to be "consistent with" the county's comprehensive plan.
Note: A political subdivision may choose to define "contiguous" lands as including lands separated by a road, stream or section line, or as not including those separate lands. Contiguity is defined under s. 91.84(1) (e)3, Stats., specifically for the agricultural enterprise area program.
Note: This includes land that is designated as managed forest land under a forest tax program established in ss. 77.80 to 77.91, Stats. Though active agricultural land may not qualify for the managed forest law program under ss. 77.82(1) (b) 1 and 77.875, Stats., land covered by the managed forest law program can qualify as an agricultural use for the purposes of the farmland preservation program. A wooded lot that is not actively managed under a written management plan may be included in a farmland preservation zoning district as an open space or natural resource area but may not be included as an agricultural use. Government-owned woodlands may also be included as an open space or natural resource area.
Wis. Admin. Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection ATCP 49.01