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The land must have been devoted to agricultural production for at least five of the past seven years.

Agricultural land must be devoted to production at a level of intensity that is common in the local area.

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.

TheUsing land for wildlife management is an agricultural use, if such land was previously qualified open-space land and is actively used for wildlife management.

Land used for raising certain exotic animals (including exotic birds) to produce human food or other items of commercial value qualifies. It also can include leaving the land idle for a government program or for normal crop or livestock rotation. Agricultural use includes producing crops, livestock, poultry, fish, or cover crops.

The land must be devoted principally to agricultural use.

Property owners may qualify for an agricultural appraisal status if their land meets the following criteria:

There is a rollback tax for taking agricultural land out of its productivity use. Landowners must use their land for agriculture. Typically, a productivity value is lower than the market value, which results in a lower property tax. Landowners may apply for this special appraisal status based on their land's productivity value rather than on what the land would sell for on the open market. Therefore, it is actually an agricultural appraisal. It is a county appraisal district assessment valuation based on agricultural use.

The Texas agricultural exemption is not technically an exemption.