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Ward County Commissioner Howard “Bucky” Anderson, left, and Ward County Soils Committee Chairman Brian Keller take part in a soils committee meeting Jan. 12. They are among seven members of the committee.
The average value of agricultural land in Ward County for tax purposes is going up just under 1% in 2021.
The Ward County Commission last week accepted the recommendation of the county soils committee to set the average value of agricultural land for tax purposes at $567 an acre, which is about 94% of the $603 listed by the state as the average true value. The average true value is up $5.20 an acre from last year.