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Re:Billionaire-funded group quietly taking farmland out of p... by londons_explore on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:54AM (#32294303)
If the locals succeed, I wonder what form it will take? For example, maybe a 'must farm' act, which requires landowners to pay a fine if they don't farm their land?
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Re:Billionaire-funded group quietly taking farmland out of p... by macinjosh on Sunday July 31, 2022 @10:17AM (#32295635)
For many people property taxes serve this function. Billionaires can afford the taxes without using the land to produce though.

My family owns some ranch and farmland that we farmed for 150 years. My retired father still has to grow hay and lease grazing land to just make the property tax requirement.

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