Steven J. Taff

Associate Professor Emeritus

337C Ruttan Hall

Department of Applied Economics

1994 Buford Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55108

+1 952 681 0153

Education

1969 Macalester College, BA, Psychology
1974 University of Wisconsin-Madison, MS, Urban and Regional Planning
1985 University of Wisconsin-Madison, PhD, Agricultural Economics

Areas of Interest

Agricultural Policy
Energy Economics
Environmental Economics

Research

Economics of rural land management and associated policy.

Extension and Outreach

Minnesota Land Economics
Property Tax policy and administration
Natural resource policy

MIN NESOTA LAND ECONOMICS

NEW: 2014 preliminary assessor estimated land values. These are the average township land values as estimated by county assessors.

NEW: 2013 final Minnesota farm and timber land sales. This Includes October 2012 - September 2013 sales, as well as revisions to Jan-Sep 2012 sales values. Our records go back to 1990.

RECENT: 2012 property tax payments by jurisdiction and property type. 2009-2011 updated.

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Awards

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Petri, Carl-Philipp, Michael A. Kilgore, and Steven J. Taff. Fiscal and Market impacts of Conservation Easements in Minnesota. Prepared for Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. University of Minnesota Department of Forest Resources. Staff Paper Series No. 230. July 2014.

Bakshi, Baishali, Frances Homans, and Steven J. Taff. Economic Aspects of Aquatic Invasive Species: A report to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. June 2014.

Becker, D.; Lowell, E.; Bihn, D.; Anderson, R.; Taff, S. 2014. Community biomass handbook. Volume I: Thermal wood energy. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-899. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Paciﬁc Northwest Research Station. http://woodenergy.umn.edu/CommunityBiomassHandbook.pdf

Taff, Steven J. Minnesota farm real estate sales: 1990 -2013. University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics. Staff paper P14-03. March 2014.
http://purl.umn.edu/164852.

Goodkind, A.L., S. Polasky, and S.J. Taff. Ecosystem Service Damages from Proposed NorthMet Mine. Prepared for Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy. December 18, 2013.