Nevada § 361A.030 - “Agricultural use” defined

§ 361A.030. “Agricultural use” defined

1. “Agricultural use” means the current employment of real property as a business

venture for profit, which business produced a minimum gross income of $5,000 from

agricultural pursuits during the immediately preceding calendar year by: (a) Raising, harvesting and selling crops, fruit, flowers, timber and other products

of the soil; (b) Feeding, breeding, management and sale of livestock, poultry, or the produce thereof,

if the real property used therefor is owned or leased by the operator and is of sufficient

size and capacity to produce more than one-half of the feed required during that year

for the agricultural pursuit; (c) Operating a feed lot consisting of at least 50 head of cattle or an equivalent

number of animal units of sheep or hogs, for the production of food; (d) Raising furbearing animals or bees; (e) Dairying and the sale of dairy products; or (f) Any other use determined by the Department to constitute agricultural use if such

use is verified by the Department. The term includes every process and step necessary and incident to the preparation

and storage of the products raised on such property for human or animal consumption

or for marketing except actual market locations. 2. As used in this section, “current employment” of real property in agricultural

use includes: (a) Land lying fallow for 1 year as a normal and regular requirement of good agricultural

husbandry; (b) Land planted in orchards or other perennials prior to maturity; and (c) Land leased or otherwise made available for use by an agricultural association

formed pursuant to chapter 547 of NRS .