Typically, a productivity value is lower than market value, which lowers property taxes. Requirements for each type of use vary. There is a rollback tax for taking such land out of its productivity use.
Agricultural use includes producing crops, livestock, poultry, fish, or cover crops.
It also can include leaving the land idle for a government program or for normal crop or livestock rotation. Cutting wood for use in fences or structures on adjacent agricultural land also qualifies. Using land for wildlife management is an agricultural use, if such land was previously qualified open-space land and is actively used for wildlife management. Wildlife management land must be used in at least three of seven specific ways to propagate a breeding population of wild animals for human use. Agricultural land must be devoted to production at a level of intensity that is common in the local area.