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roraerg saiamaunrauquier, land use values have figured out about $200 or $300 per acre for — pasture land, and from $75 to $125 per acre for forest land.
Giving further examples, Forberg said that the average county in Virginia assesses at about 25 per cent of market value.For land worth $400 an acre, the tax works out to $4 an acre, “on the farmer’s most productive land.”
“But what happens if the selling price changes drastically in the neighborhood and land becomes worth $2,000 an acre?” Forberg asked. “Then the tax goes from $4 an acre to $20 an acre! It’s happened in places like Fairfax, and the farmers have had to sell their land.”
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