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Show June 1972 Utah Farm Bureau News Page 7 nationwide land planning program is considered a. priority a Land Use Planning Land Use has become a key issue for agriculture. Historically, ranchers and farmers have taken the position that individuals should be responsible for the management and the use of privately-owne- d agricultural lands and free to sell their lands for the highest possible dollar. The freedom to sell for the highest dollar provided agriculture the hope of recovering for themselves and their families compensation for their years of hard work and sacrifice. A number of changes are dramatically altering the guidelines for land ownership and are forcing agriculture to study land use planning and zoning laws. Property Taxes have increased. If the tax is not based on long-establish- Attending meeting In Heber City at the Court House are left to right, around the table, Ray Bert Hansen, Vesta Boyer, Edward Boyer, Frank Chapman, Edward Burgner, Douglas Edwards, George Holmes, John Robert Hicken, Russell Wall and President Emer Wilson. Edward Boyer, member of Utah Farm Bureau Board, conducted a meeting in Wasatch County recently reviewing member programs for ' the year. Among the subjects discussed were the Young Farmers and Ranchers program explained by Ray Bert Hansen, Payson, Farm Bureau Women, by Vesta Boyer, Springville, responsibilities of board members, Edward Boyer. The film Road to Delano was also shown at the conclusion of the meeting explaining the workers' view of farm labor problems. ed use agricultural it can erode land values and eventually make agricultural use of the land uneconomical. Improperly g developments often become economic liabilities to rural governments. When the service needs of providing utilities, police, schools, and fire protection, etc., catch up, the unplanned rural sprawl becomes a costly tax burden. Environmental Problems uses produce Agricultural -- noises, pesticides, dust, odor, etc., which can create environmental charges from neighbors, resulting in court orders, etc. The results are burnon-agricultu- ral densome pollution-abatemecost and a hostile living condition for farm and ranch families. nt These charges are forcing agriculture to Weber Farm Bureau Sponsors Show Harold Buck, president, Weber County Farm Bureau, poses with a group of top producing cows in Farm Bureau-sponsore- d production class at Plain City Dairy Show. First, sec aid, and third dace winning cows, two and three years old (foreground), are Utah Warrior Naoma Sparkle (owned by Utah State University) 18,350 lbs. milk, 633 lbs. fat; Harp (A. Papgeorge and Sons) 15,240 lbs. milk, 662 lbs. fat; and Daznina (Smoot Jersey Farm) 10,110 lbs. milk, 567 lbs. fat. Top winners of cows four years and older (background) are Pearl (A. Papgeorge and Sons) 17,790 lbs. milk, 807 lbs. fat; Baily (Steve Tingey) 18,690 lbs. milk, 771 lbs. fat; and Ida (Steve Tingey) 18,270 lbs. milk and 750 lbs. fat. Farm Bureau sponsors the production award to encourage use of daily records and selection of high producing cows that contribute most to profitable success in the dairy business. The contest is supervised by John Barnard, Utah State University Extension dairyman and many animals are selected from official records in its program, Buck MINE IS THE REAL WORLD. VOU LIVE IN A MECHANICAL its re-evalu- individualistic approach and to seek protection by sound planning and zoning laws. There are two philosophies of land use planning: (1) Regulatory approach. This approach proposes to identify the various needs for land resources and zone accordingly. In this type of planning there are set-asid- es land providing management and the public sector guiding the over-aland development by and limited specific ll regulations. (2) Optimization - is the second broad philosophy of land use planning. This philosophy takes a more academic and intellectual approach to land planning. Its thrust is to leap ahead towards our great natioial It proposes to blunders and the bypass mistakes which the typical rural land development is destiny. believed to experience. The proponents of this planned or land develop- ments on adjacent properties damage potential land values and increase assessment costs. Economic Liabilities - Poorly planned rural growth such as leap-froexpansion and ribbon provisions for open spaces, green belts, and of limited land resources for particular uses - such as scenic rivers, wildernesses, historic points of interest, etc., with the private sector philosophy stress that planning must be done by those who are qualified such as institutions and foundations - which are sufficiently insulated from -- item in Washington, D.C. Unin a derstanding of the trade-offs federal approach must be analyzed. Many proponents of federal legislation may not recognize the full implications of a federal approach. When the nation starts down the road of a national program for land use planning, it crosses a bridge that leads to a more prominent federal role and brings a increase in public management of all land resources. Such a shift could spawn a variety of innovations that would design a new world for our posterity. Some are even proposing a limited-ownershi- p approach. The is rationale that land resources are vital to all citizens and the current landowners are but stewards of the resource. This type of thinking is on the increase. All prominent federal bills provide a carroLstick approach, Provide a carrot-stic- k approach in which the federal government would make grants from 50 percent up to 90 percent of the cost for state and county comprehensive land use planning. Federal responsibility to protect broad public interests that cross county and state lines is established by the courts and must be accepted. However, in using federal funds to motivate local local political influences governments, there is at stake that they can remain obmore than just land use planning. jective. The federal role is is the bigger issue of Hiere identified as the protector of in preserving public interests. local This government. overriding In most states, land use planning issue is basic to accepting financial is specifically a county responaid from the federal treasury. sibility. However, it is now clear The potential benefits from there are public values which do sound land use planning are cross county and state boundaries. numerous. Regardless of how Therefore, a state, as well as a and essential the benefits great federal, responsibility for land use there are sizeable dangers be, may planning must be accepted. which require thoughtful conThe county approach to planning sideration. is oriented to the regulatory These include weakening the philosophy. Regrettably, some counties have produced classic responsibility of county and local Loss of basic examides of the wrong way to plan. government. in the freedoms rush to achieve Unfortunately, the public has a immediate environmental goals, tendency to see only the counties who have made mistakes. Thus, he increased misunderstanding and hostilities caused by riding regulatory approach to fanning is over valid minority roughshod under attack. How to direct atand profiteering by tention to correcting the problems special-intereforces. in the system needs to be em' Unless these dangers can be phasized. A blend of the objectivity these risks may price resolved, of theoptionalization approach into this important program off the the proven and successful prinmarket. Agriculture is caught in ciples of the regulatory approach of these forces for the middle seems logical. . points-of-vie- w st Legislation in Congress to launch THE AUTHOR Leonard H. Johnson, assistant director of the AFBF natural resources department, is a veteran of 18 years staff service in Farm Bureau. He primarily serves natural resources interest in state FBs west of the Mississippi. He is a Brigham Young University graduate with an economics degree. change. As the largest landowner-grou- p in the nation, ranchers and farmers need to develop machinery to effectively communicate and negotiate with our city cousins who are the voting majority. This suggests aggressive involvement and substantial leadership inputs in land use planning to represent agricultures interests. HARDFA) Genealogy Copy Service I WORLD Copy Negatives .35 Each Pedigrees, Strip of 8 .35 Each Jumbo Prints .08 Each 5x7 Enlargement .49 Each 8x10 Enlargement .97 Each i Fire Is almost as necessary for man as water and air, yet uncontrolled causes great damage. 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