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Re:Iowa's handout to Apple illustrates the folly of corporat... by Clubber on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @10:18PM (#15137690)
Yes, anyone can use that. If you buy a bunch of property, just plant trees and get the state / city to come out and verify that you are growing trees and your property taxes are 1/10th of what they were. Trees are probably the lowest maintenance crop you can grow, and the property might already have them.

We had a family that owned a LOT of land in our city put a few cows on it to save money on property taxes.

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Re:Iowa's handout to Apple illustrates the folly of corporat... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday August 31, 2017 @01:07AM (#15138284)
> We had a family that owned a LOT of land in our city put a few cows on it to save money on property taxes.

If you watch videos of early SpaceX engine tests, you'll catch confused cows running around in the background. Texas is good to its farmers. So SpaceX tested its engines on a "farm".

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Re:Iowa's handout to Apple illustrates the folly of corporat... by euyyn on Thursday August 31, 2017 @12:50AM (#15138235)
That might explain the cows in the large chunks of land in Fremont CA, near the Costco.
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Re:Iowa's handout to Apple illustrates the folly of corporat... by taurath on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @10:43PM (#15137806)
Enough trees to call it a farm is expensive as hell.
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Re:Iowa's handout to Apple illustrates the folly of corporat... by Clubber on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @10:49PM (#15137828)
I guess it depends on the state. You can get 150 acres of pines planted for probably around $10K where I live. Regional universities will do it. I suspect it's cheaper in Iowa.

Also, depending on the state, the entire property doesn't need to be planted, just a portion that probably varies state to state.

Here's a Forbes article on it.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2012/06/06/farm-l...

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