Effective October 1, 2005*

Land Type: Tillable A

State Wide $1,200 per acre
River Valley $1,665 per acre

Land Type: Tillable B

State Wide $720 per acre
River Valley $1,110 per acre

Land Type: Tillable C

State Wide $445 per acre
River Valley $665 per acre

Land Type: Tillable D

State Wide $335 per acre
River Valley $445 per acre

Orchard

State Wide $1,100 per acre
River Valley $1,300 per acre

Permanent Pasture

State Wide $165 per acre
River Valley $220 per acre

Swamp/Ledge/Scrub

State Wide $40 per acre
River Valley $40 per acre

Forest/Woodland

State Wide $190 per acre
River Valley $190 per acre

The following towns are considered River Valley municipalities:

Bloomfield, Cromwell, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Glastonbury, Granby, Manchester, Portland, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Suffield, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, and Windsor Locks.

Connecticut Land Classifications are based on general soil characteristics determined by the USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service's "Land Capability Classification System".

Land Classifications:

Tillable A - Excellent (shade tobacco and ball & burlap nursery, some crop land)

Tillable B - Very Good (binder tobacco, vegetable, potatoes, some crop land)

Tillable C - Very Good, Quite Level (corn silage, hay, vegetables, potatoes, crop land)

Tillable D - Good to Fair, Moderate to Considerable Slopes (hay, corn silage, rotation pasture, crop land)

Orchard - Well maintained trees for the purposes of bearing fruit. Land often situated on hillsides nd considerable slopes.

Unmanaged Pasture - Grazing for Livestock, Not Tilled Land, usually not maintained.

Swamp/Ledge/Scrub Lands

Forest/Woodland - Forest Land in a Farm Unit, or Forestry, as Defined in the Forestry Certificate

* State law requires revaluation of farm, forest and open space land be conducted every five years.