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POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced Thursday the permanent protection of hundreds of acres of land in Polk County through a state program.
According to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Walter Farms, a nearly 375-acre cow and calf operation, has been permanently preserved from development through a $3,005,000 rural lands protection easement, with Polk County contributing $750,000…