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Ag advisory committee votes to maintain $3,000 minimum income requirement for intensive agriculture
Summary
After discussion about whether the $3,000 minimum for intensive agriculture remains appropriate given inflation and production realities, the committee voted to keep the $3,000 threshold under Board Resolution 10-150 and asked staff to return with data on how many high‑intensity operations that would affect.
The Agricultural Advisory Committee voted to maintain the $3,000 minimum annual income requirement for intensive agriculture established under Board of Supervisors Resolution 10‑150.
Committee members discussed whether the $3,000 threshold remains a meaningful test for intensive agricultural production given current input costs and commodity prices. Jordan Corey (member at large; sheep producer and ag insurance representative) noted that $3,000 a year is a very low level of production income for an intensive operation and suggested the committee should revisit the figure in a future agenda. Other members, including the planning staff, observed that intensive operations are few in Mariposa County and that staff will return with a count of how many contracts would be affected by any change.
Action: Jordan Corey moved and Dave seconded a motion to retain the $3,000 minimum. The motion carried on a voice vote recorded as "Aye." Committee directed staff to gather data (including number of intensive operations inside LCA/Williamson Act contracts and available crop report data) for a future discussion.
Context: The $3,000 figure is reviewed annually; the committee left the threshold unchanged at this meeting but asked staff to provide numbers and supporting data for a fuller future discussion.
