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Agricultural Preserves 2023

This dataset includes parcels that are enrolled in the Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves Act, Minnesota Statute 473H. The goal of this act is to encourage preservation of agricultural lands by providing a package of benefits to keep land in long-term agricultural use. At the request of the Metropolitan Council, a table is created by each county to reflect the status of parcels in the program at the end of each calendar year. The Council links these tables to the MetroGIS Regional Parcel Dataset to create a shape file of Agricultural Preserves.

Additional Info

Field Value
dsAccessConst None. This dataset is public domain under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13). If the dataset is not available from the Online Linkage in Section 6, please contact the Distribution Contact Person.
dsCurrentRef Year End 2023
dsMetadataUrl https://resources.gisdata.mn.gov/pub/gdrs/data/pub/us_mn_state_metc/agri_agricultural_preserves2023/metadata/metadata.html
dsModifiedDate 2025-09-09 23:48:49
dsOriginator Metropolitan Council
dsPeriodOfContent 12/31/2023
dsPurpose To track lands involved in the Agricultural Preserves Program
gdrsDsGuid {6436a7fe-94c1-4f50-855r-eaae4f72d333}
spatial {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-94.022062, 44.467198],[-94.022062, 45.392463], [-92.749020, 45.392463], [-92.749020, 44.467198], [-94.022062, 44.467198]]]}

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