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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1828809" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>[USER=18945]@greybeard[/USER] you are right about loss of agriculture land and the winners and losers as a result.</p><p>We are seeing that here too, my understanding is most lots sold here have to be an acre for a house and 10 for trailer. Some close to city limits can get zoned for cluster homes as the call them and they put several close together or duplex or apartments. </p><p>Sad to see all the land growing houses even the small acreages are primarily useless unless the new owners let somebody cut it for hay.</p><p>Our county has went downhill ever since they decided agriculture was bad because it didn't bring in revenue. The town has slowly died ever since as many people used to come here to do business with the local stockyards and tractor dealer. Now we have neither and those people that came here would often go to other stores and shop and eat but no more. </p><p>I've debated back and forth with people that come here from other places after the ag decline they don't know what we had and lost they only see what it is now and say oh well we already tried the farm thing and it doesn't bring in the revenue.</p><p>They say we need affordable housing first to grow a workforce. Apparently they think build houses and the jobs will come. Problem I see is the affordable housing crowd don't really want to work, and without work who is going to move into an area with just a handful of small factories, that maybe here a few years or may decide to close up shop and move on once their incentives are gone.</p><p>It worries me, because to me food is a security issue as well as a necessity, yet everybody takes it for granted and villianizes agriculture.</p><p>We pay an acre to two acres worth of property taxes every year and over 60% of that goes to the school board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1828809, member: 24816"] [USER=18945]@greybeard[/USER] you are right about loss of agriculture land and the winners and losers as a result. We are seeing that here too, my understanding is most lots sold here have to be an acre for a house and 10 for trailer. Some close to city limits can get zoned for cluster homes as the call them and they put several close together or duplex or apartments. Sad to see all the land growing houses even the small acreages are primarily useless unless the new owners let somebody cut it for hay. Our county has went downhill ever since they decided agriculture was bad because it didn’t bring in revenue. The town has slowly died ever since as many people used to come here to do business with the local stockyards and tractor dealer. Now we have neither and those people that came here would often go to other stores and shop and eat but no more. I’ve debated back and forth with people that come here from other places after the ag decline they don’t know what we had and lost they only see what it is now and say oh well we already tried the farm thing and it doesn’t bring in the revenue. They say we need affordable housing first to grow a workforce. Apparently they think build houses and the jobs will come. Problem I see is the affordable housing crowd don’t really want to work, and without work who is going to move into an area with just a handful of small factories, that maybe here a few years or may decide to close up shop and move on once their incentives are gone. It worries me, because to me food is a security issue as well as a necessity, yet everybody takes it for granted and villianizes agriculture. We pay an acre to two acres worth of property taxes every year and over 60% of that goes to the school board. [/QUOTE]
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