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Federal Government Approves Money To Protect Farmland In South Of Oconee County
The Ludwig farm in the south of Oconee County was approved for federal funding for farmland protection.
The federal government has approved $182,000 for protection of the Carole Ludwig farm in the south of Oconee County as part of the new federal farmland protection program, Sharon Holbrooks, easement specialist with the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservative Service, announced last night.
Funding was approved in early August for the Ludwig farm, Holbrooks told a gathering at the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center of the University of Georgia at Government Station Road and Experiment Station Road.
Owners of six farms in the county attended the meeting to learn about the new federal Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, which replaced previous programs that has helped protect farms in the county from development.
Interested farmers have until Sept. 15 to submit an application to be considered for county and federal funding for farmland protection.
For more details of the story, go to Oconee County Observations.