Letter from attorney to opposing counsel requesting documentation concerning homestead exemption for change of venue motion.
Letter from attorney to opposing counsel requesting documentation concerning homestead exemption for change of venue motion.
The San Joaquin Valley is one of the best places for farming in California. Why? It's surrounded on each side by hundreds of miles of contiguous mountain ranges. Over the last several thousand years, erosion from those mountains has enriched the valley's soils creating very fertile farmland.
Family farms comprise 93% of all California farms, account for 81% of land in farms, and 71% of the value of all agricultural products sold.
USDA defines a farm as any place that produced and sold—or normally would have produced and sold—at least $1,000 of agricultural products during a given year. USDA uses acres of crops and head of livestock to determine if a place with sales less than $1,000 could normally produce and sell at least that amount.
To qualify for agricultural assessment: Must have 7 acres or more of land in production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products. The same farmer must farm the land for at least 2 years. Farming enterprises must generate $10,000 in sales (average for the preceding 2 years)
Ing to accepted economic theory, this point shows the minimal size of an economically viable, independent agricultural unit. The results of the study show that in this industry, the minimum size for an economically viable farm is about 30 dunams (1 dunam = 1,000 m2).
You are in the business of farming if you culti- vate, operate, or manage a farm for profit, either as owner or tenant. A farm includes livestock, dairy, poultry, fish, fruit, and truck farms. It also includes plantations, ranches, ranges, and or- chards and groves.
During the same time, the average farm size increased 5.0%, from 441 acres in 2017 to 463 acres in 2022. Between 2017 and 2022, almost all of the size classes decreased in number of farms.
Vacant land is exempt from the transfer disclosure statement (TDS) that the California Civil Code requires for sales of residential property. However, the seller is still required to disclose any and all known facts that materially affect the value or desirability of the property.