An 86-year-old Pennsylvania farmer was offered $15.7 million for 261 acres but chose $1.9 million to protect the land from development |
[ad_1] At 86, Mervin Raudabaugh had a decision to make over 261 acres of Pennsylvania farmland he had spent decades working. The land had caught the attention of data-centre developers, who reportedly put forward offers exceeding $15 million, including one estimate of about $60,000 an acre. On paper, it was the kind of figure that…