After much debate and multiple farmers sharing their opinion on the subject, the Grant County Commission voted last week to extend farmer contracts on the land at the Grant County Airport and Grant County Dog Pound from one year to two years. The two pieces of land in question are owned by the county but contracted out to local farmers through a bidding process each year. These farmers then harvest the hay from the land for their own usage. The conversation came from a request surrounded the soil quality of the land, with a farmer saying it would be more productive and healthful for the land if it was fertilized.

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