I wonder--for the sake of

bucky — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:23:59 -0500

I wonder--for the sake of discussion--how some farmers would view this land use planning? Let's say you own a farm and at some point, because your children took alternate careers, the farm will end operations. If your land has been branded as permanent farming land, it hurts your maximum property value. If some developer wanted to come in and offer you $15,000 to $20,000 per acre, that's as much as 10 times what the land would be worth as farmland.

Who are we to say that this land owner doesn't have a right to the highest profit from his investment? Shouldn't the land owner get to choose a land use, whether it be farming or development?

Food for thought...

During tour of area farms, county board hears pitch for preservation

Mathias Baden — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:11:00 -0500

During a tour of Jordan area farms earlier this month, farmers pitched their ideas of agricutural preservation to the Scott County Board.

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I wonder--for the sake of

During tour of area farms, county board hears pitch for preservation