Defines the term "land used in silvopasturing" to mean the intentional combination of trees, forages and livestock managed as a single integrated practice for the collective benefit of each, including the planting of appropriate grasses and legume forages among trees for sound grazing and livestock husbandry.

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S5160B-2011 Actions

• Jun 21, 2012: referred to ways and means
• Jun 21, 2012: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 21, 2012: REPASSED SENATE
• Jun 18, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5160B
• Jun 11, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5160A
• Jun 11, 2012: VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 6, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 6, 2012: RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
• Jan 30, 2012: referred to agriculture
• Jan 30, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jan 30, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jan 24, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jan 23, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jan 19, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.85
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 14, 2011: referred to agriculture
• Jun 14, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 14, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 7, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 6, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 2, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.937
• May 3, 2011: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

S5160B-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jun 21, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 19, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 20, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 21, 2012

S5160B-2011 Votes

S5160B-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S5160B

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
definition of land used in silvopasturing

PURPOSE:
To clarify that silvopasturing acreage in forested land qualifies as
eligible lands for agriculture assessment.

SUMMARY:
Section 301 of Agriculture and Markets Law is amended by adding a new
paragraph m to include land used in silvopasturing.

JUSTIFICATION:
Silvopasturing is the scientifically-based, ecologically-sound
practice of livestock grazing in wooded areas which can yield numerous
benefits for farm operations. In silvopasturing, timber and pasture
are managed as a single integrated system. Timber, forage and
livestock are managed intensively to simultaneously produce timber
products, a high quality forage resource and efficient livestock
production. In doing so, silvopasturing provides a sustainable system
that offers diversified marketing opportunities for producers.

This bill would clearly recognize the concurrent use of wooded lands
for production of livestock and wood products as land in agricultural
production that qualifies for the agricultural assessment program.
Current law does not allow assessors to grant agricultural assessments
to forested land used for silvopasture based on the characterization
that such land is employed to produce livestock or livestock products
for sale.

HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPACT:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law.

S5160B-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   5160--B
      Cal. No. 85

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 May 3, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- recommitted
    to the Committee on Agriculture in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
    8 -- reported favorably from said  committee,  ordered  to  first  and
    second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and deliv-
    ered  to  the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third
    reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
    order of third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retain-
    ing its place in the order of third reading

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
    definition of land used in silvopasturing

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets
  law is amended by adding a new paragraph m to read as follows:

    M.    LAND USED IN SILVOPASTURING SHALL BE LIMITED TO UP TO TEN FENCED
  ACRES PER LARGE LIVESTOCK, INCLUDING CATTLE, HORSES AND CAMELIDS, AND UP
  TO FIVE FENCED ACRES PER SMALL LIVESTOCK, SUCH AS SHEEP, HOGS, GOATS AND
  POULTRY.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  "SILVOPASTURING"  SHALL
  MEAN THE INTENTIONAL COMBINATION OF TREES, FORAGES AND LIVESTOCK MANAGED
  AS  A  SINGLE  INTEGRATED  PRACTICE  FOR THE COLLECTIVE BENEFIT OF EACH,
  INCLUDING THE PLANTING OF APPROPRIATE GRASSES AND LEGUME  FORAGES  AMONG
  TREES FOR SOUND GRAZING AND LIVESTOCK HUSBANDRY.
    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.



   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD10929-11-2