An 800-acre development in the suburbs of Madison, Wis., will combine new homes with working farm land.
Trying to preserve the city's agricultural potential, the City is exploring requiring developers of new developments to mitigate loss of farmland.
Some investors are looking to farmland as a reliable rising investment.
Between 1982 and 2007, Texas has lost 2.9 million acres of farmland, while the country as a whole loses an acre a minute, totaling 23 million over 25 years.
TXDOT has released the FEIS for plans to add traffic lanes to the US 290 Corridor, requiring use of eminent domain, including displacement of two churches.
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