Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-462) and index.
The law of agricultural land preservation -- Agriculture in the United States -- The sources of federal power to preserve agricultural land and constitutional limits on the exercise of such powers -- The conservation easement -- The federal law of conservation easement donations, bargain sales, and easement purchases -- Federal gift and estate taxes, estate planning, and transferring the farm or ranch to the next generation -- Federal agricultural land preservation programs -- State and local government farmland preservation programs -- Land trusts and the preservation of agricultural land -- Integrating agricultural land preservation and agricultural land protection programs -- Summary and the future of the law of agricultural land preservation