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by hef19898 979 days ago
Ah, yes. Land usage classifications. I never heard of a farmer sellong land, not even a square meter, to anyone. As farmland that is, the second it is reclassified as housing the same farmers part with the land without hesitation!
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In Iowa, usually farmers rent the land to wind turbine companies for X amount of years. Some do sell, but that's usually just on the edge of their farming areas.