by Kate Shunney
Morgan County Commissioners on September 6 approved the purchase of a 123-acre agricultural easement by the Morgan County Farmland Protection Board along Winchester Grade Road. The easement, which puts the farm into permanent agricultural use, will cost the board $1,500 per acre, for a total of $185,115 out of local Farmland Protection funds.
That money comes from real estate transfer fees every time a piece of property is sold in Morgan County.…
