ML,
Did he explain what the difficulties were? My exemption was extremely easy to get. I did my own plan. The process seems fairly loose. I suspect it varies greatly depending on what county you are in. I sat down with my tax assessor beforehand and again when I turned in the plan. It took a couple evenings to write the plan and all of about 15 mins in the sitdown meetings. Apparently, having trees does not preclude getting a pasture exemption either. My place was converted from timber to pasture about seven years prior to our purchase. Even then, I would guess that 70% was still wooded (pre-sweetgum explosion).
