. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. A MASSACHUSETTS CRANBERRY GROWER'S VIEV OF THE FARMLAND ASSESSMENT ACT by David B. Mann Trends in the cranberry indus- a grower that is making a long term (1) He will have a lien recorder try: commitment to stay in agriculture. against his property. (2) He is subject to a 5 year rolj A grower that comes under the act back of real estate taxes if h< is also a grower that is assuming removes the land from agricul, some liabilities. ture. (1) Mid-1940's for 2 years growers received $$30/bbl. (2) 1965-1969-a 5 year period Ocean
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. A MASSACHUSETTS CRANBERRY GROWER'S VIEV OF THE FARMLAND ASSESSMENT ACT by David B. Mann Trends in the cranberry indus- a grower that is making a long term (1) He will have a lien recorder try: commitment to stay in agriculture. against his property. (2) He is subject to a 5 year rolj A grower that comes under the act back of real estate taxes if h< is also a grower that is assuming removes the land from agricul, some liabilities. ture. (1) Mid-1940's for 2 years growers received $$30/bbl. (2) 1965-1969-a 5 year period Ocean Spray's payments ranged from $ to $ (3) 1970-1975 - a 5 year period Ocean Spray's payments $ to this year's of $ (4) 1965 - paid all the grow- ers in the nation $ million for their cranberries. (5) 1975 - paid all the grow- ers in the nation $ million, an increase of , while inflation has increased 75% in the same period. However in 1965 Mass. pro- duced 56% of the national crop while in 1975 Mass. produced 42% of the national crop. This might well mean that collectively all of the Mass. growers received less total $'s in 1975 than in 1965. Even with no consideration for inflation these trends are anything but encouraging for the future of the Mass. cran- berry industry. With alternate uses for land available, some Mass. bogs have gone out of production and more may in the immediate future. The purpose of the Farmland Assessment Act is to assist in the preservation of Massachusett's farms. A cornerstone of the act was the establishment of the Farmland Valuation Advisory Commission, with the responsibility of annually determining a range of values prior to 1 January. This is the key to implementing the act. The actions of the Commission must encourage growers to come under the act if it is to carry out the voters' mandate to preserve agricultural land. A grower that comes under the act is 8 x k V Wfife£%a. Nleml Electric Go. ROBERT N
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