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Local Farm Groups Tell County Agriculture Is Economic Engine, Water Protector
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Jackson County Farm Bureau president Jeff Pittman told commissioners that agriculture covers nearly half the county’s land, generates about $122 million in market value and plays a role in water protection and rural identity.
Jeff Pittman, president of the Jackson County Farm Bureau, told the Board of County Commissioners on April 22 that agriculture is both the county’s economic backbone and a steward of local water and open-space resources.
Pittman said 43% of Jackson County land is engaged in agricultural production, citing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and that agricultural parcels carry taxable value that supports local services. He said crop and livestock production together generated about $122,000,000 in market value in…
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