<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2jOn9i_1GwlNgEk00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2jOn9i_1GwlNgEk00" width="1280" height="720" ><figcaption>Rural &amp; Family Lands Protection Program</figcaption></figure>DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) — Outer Limits Ranch in DeSoto County is one of three Florida farms permanently protected from development, according to Commissioner Wilton Simpson of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.Simpson announced the move through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Rural and Family Lands Protection Program. The state said the program protected nearly 830 acres of working agricultural land across the three farms.Outer Limits Ranch is about 100 acres and received a $425,000 rural lands protection easement. The cattle ranch includes improved pasture, two hardwood areas and five small depression marshes that drain into the Peace River watershed.The other protected properties were the 92-acre Saturiwa project in St. Johns County and the roughly 635-acre B Bar J Ranch in Polk County. Their easements totaled $1,939,000 for Saturiwa and $2,825,000 across two easements for B Bar J Ranch.The department said rural lands protection easements blocked future development while allowing farms and ranches to keep producing food, timber and other resources. It also said the three properties were enrolled in FDACS Best Management Practices and were located within the Florida Ecological Greenways Network or the Florida Wildlife Corridor.Since the program began, the department said it had permanently preserved more than 257,000 acres of working agricultural land, including more than 192,000 acres during Simpson's administration. Simpson has helped secure more than $1.1 billion in state funding for the program since 2022, including $425 million in the 2026/2027 state budget.A story map of completed Rural and Family Lands Protection Program projects was available at [placeholder link: FDACS Rural and Family Lands Protection Program map]. More information about the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services was available at [placeholder link: FDACS].</div></body>

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DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) — Outer Limits Ranch in DeSoto County is one of three Florida farms permanently protected from development, according to Commissioner Wilton Simpson of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Simpson announced the move through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Rural...

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DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) — Outer Limits Ranch in DeSoto County is one of three Florida farms permanently protected from development, according to Commiss

Outer Limits Ranch protected from development by state agriculture program

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