Farm Land

A controversial proposal to turn more than 1,000 acres of farmland in Lorain County into a possible tech mega site was voted down Tuesday putting a hold on what residents fear could be a low-employment, high-polluting data center.

Foreign investors bought up a couple thousands of Ohio acres, according to most recent data from the USDA.

Farmland prices are historically high across the country, including in the Miami Valley. Land has been selling for well over ten thousand dollars an acre across the region over the past few months.

The proposed Kingwood solar project in Greene County would produce enough energy every year to power tens of thousands of homes. But some worry about losing the farmland.

Farmers all around Ohio are turning to lawmakers to help fix what they see as a major crisis. Taxes on their land have been soaring. But making a change…

Around the state of Ohio, farmers are getting seeing their property taxes soar thanks to the method used to set a value on their farmland. The state’s...