This is rich... You deserve a tax break for preventing other people from being able to own their own property???
There are subdivisions containing over a hundred lots around here where the acreage of each lot is set at 12 or so acres and each lot owner gets an ag exemption. This is corrupt...
Your rural schools are suffering. You employ a TAX DODGE! You claim you DESERVE it! You claim others are "corrupt" for employing the SAME tax dodge!
I didn't say I deserve the full break ... just something. I'm not preventing anyone from having a five acre lot. Have you any idea how much land we have doing nothing in Texas? Somebody has to own large pieces of land ... unless you want the state to take it over. It CAN"T be taxed at the same rate as a city lot otherwise the state would own 90% of all the land. If I owned a small parcel I would expect to pay the full valuation and I admit that I am taking advantage of the situation as it now stands ... as is everyone else.
I can qualify for my ag exemption even if they crack down because I can show a true and substantial ag income and expenditures. Right now people are getting a full ag exemption on thousands of acres because they nurture the deer population. This is a bit much. Folks who claim an ag exemption are just plain liars. They are not nurturing the deer, raising anything or maintaining open space. I do all three.