Grain Belt Express has filed nearly 40 eminent domain petitions against Missouri property owners since 2021 as it prepares to build a transmission line across the state.
The first eminent domain petition in Callaway County was filed last month for an easement of nearly an acre of land owned by Jordyn and Mitchell Christensen.
Grain Belt Express offered the property owners $8,046 for the easement, but the owners rejected the offer and the two parties could not agree on compensation…