Fifty farms have now been donated to Michigan’s agricultural conservation easement program.
George Cullers of Barry County donated the development rights of his 137-acre farm in honor of his late wife. He says the land has been farmed for almost 160 years and he wanted to preserve it as farmland forever.
Donated easements make up 40 percent of permanently protected farmland and open space in Michigan. Michigan’s Development Rights Program holds 136 easements, 50 of which are donated ag easements covering 8,000 acres.
