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Ag exempt questions
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05/06/16 11:31 PM
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sburrow
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Have 50 acres with 2acre pond. Taxes past years were not bad....now it's a stupid amount of money.
So any ideas or advice????
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
#6290010
05/06/16 11:41 PM
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Creekrunner
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Contact a cow man and lease to him. Now.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
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05/07/16 01:15 AM
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munoz
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Find out what animals and how many you would need to qualify for a ag excemption. I also got a neighbor to write a letter saying that I have cows on my property and I was granted the ag excemption that same year. Or lease to someone.
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: munoz]
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05/07/16 02:11 AM
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MR2Reef
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Find out what animals and how many you would need to qualify for a ag excemption. I also got a neighbor to write a letter saying that I have cows on my property and I was granted the ag excemption that same year. Or lease to someone. Did the neighbor's letter explicitly say you have cows for a certain number of years?
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
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05/07/16 02:30 AM
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munoz
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No, just said that the entire property was for AG use. My taxes went from 1200/ yr. To 48/ yr.
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
#6291099
05/08/16 03:32 AM
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Mr. T.
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That's not normal at all. Normal is that you have to prove that you have been using the land for AG purpose for 5 years before you can get an AG exemption.
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: Mr. T.]
#6291724
05/09/16 12:32 AM
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kshorthairs
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Where is your land located?
Brandon Azuelo - Land Specialist/Sales Agent in Texas & Oklahoma No Fences Land Company 3500 Highway 121 Bedford, TX 76021 Cell: 972.800.7773 Email: brandona@nofencesland.com Web: http://www.nofencesland.com/
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
#6292145
05/09/16 02:05 PM
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cameron00
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Yeah, depending on county, it typically takes 5 years of continued Ag use starting the year you apply for it to qualify. You may be in for about 5 years of high taxes if your county is anything like mine.
Ours actually recently started challenging people that were basically doing the minimum and claiming "Ag use" on recreational places. They went out to mine a couple of times in the last time to verify we were actually cutting hay, keeping it up, etc.
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
#6293695
05/10/16 05:38 PM
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WIP Ranch
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Most of the time it is 5 of the last 7 years for ag. See if your neighbors will run their cows on the place from time to time. Have them draw up a simple lease. You can find one on the Texas and Southwest cattle raisers association web site. Some counties send out an inspector to verify ag use. It helps if their are cow patties in the pasture.
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
#6293719
05/10/16 05:51 PM
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Navasot
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Bee keeping.... look into it
or get some goats
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
#6293845
05/10/16 07:21 PM
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Mr. T.
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Bee keeping is only good for land from 5-20 acres according to Texas Ag department. Plus you would have to prove that the land was AG already for the last 5 years.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
#6293918
05/10/16 08:01 PM
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Navasot
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Hollywood
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Hmmm never herd of that... I know a fella with 200acres doing it... but hes got cattle too..
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
#6293922
05/10/16 08:04 PM
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newulmboy
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Have 50 acres with 2acre pond. Taxes past years were not bad....now it's a stupid amount of money.
So any ideas or advice????
We need more info: Did you recently purchase the property? No, how long have you owned it? Do / Did you have livestock present? Was it Ag exempt or Wildlife exempt?
Last edited by newulmboy; 05/10/16 08:17 PM.
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: munoz]
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05/10/16 08:06 PM
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newulmboy
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No, just said that the entire property was for AG use. My taxes went from 1200/ yr. To 48/ yr. Consider yourself extremely lucky sir. I had to pay high taxes for four years before my property qualified for the Ag valuation. Usually takes 5 years, so I consider myself lucky.
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
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05/11/16 06:18 PM
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sburrow
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It's in Bastrop county and owned for 12 years. Looked at the bee idea but y'all are right it's max was 20 acres. We will check the cattle association and see.
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
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05/11/16 06:52 PM
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newulmboy
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Hmm. They either inspected your property and didnt see any livestock or they sent you a 1-d-1 renewal form in January that you didnt fill out and send back in.
First case, I would get livestock out there ASAP if there isnt any, and then call them, and tell them to reinspect your property to see the livestock.
If its the second case, they sent out the form hoping you didnt fill it out and send it back in.
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
#6295276
05/11/16 07:04 PM
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Mr. T.
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It's in Bastrop county and owned for 12 years. Looked at the bee idea but y'all are right it's max was 20 acres. We will check the cattle association and see. Remember, at this time I would not worry about how much money I could get for it from a cow man, just get cow's on it. You will save much much more money in taxes than you ever make by leasing it out. And that should be your goal right now.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
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Re: Ag exempt questions
[Re: sburrow]
#6295293
05/11/16 07:23 PM
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Rustler
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If you google ' Bastrop county 1-d-1 ' you'll find a pdf from the CAD that gives all the particulars. I don't know how to link to it.
There is a big difference between AG use 1-D and Open space 1-D-1 as far as requirements go.
Unless the property / ag business is the land owners primary occupation and source of income you’ll want to file for Open space 1-D-1 property tax valuation.
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