This means they might be willing to invest more and extend their commitment if they saw an appropriate program. The key is to develop land protection programs that address other factors such as economic development issues and education on estate planning and land protection, if we are going to protect the land base by keeping producers on the land. Landowners need more information about how land protection tools and techniques can benefit their businesses and not just protect the land. Respondents indicated that land protection information was available for the most part, but they did not believe it was as important as other ways of addressing land conversion. In a changing world, we all need to think more expansively and consider the multiple values of agricultural lands and the benefits that landowners can derive from them.
Landowners still look to traditional solutions in a changing world.
Creative land protection programs may offer compensation for values that are not always capitalized in the land value.