Why is SpaceX hiring a farmer for its Texas test site?

[rage_777]

Why is SpaceX hiring a farmer for its Texas test site?

Just thought this article was kind of funny.

 

[Grendal]

It makes a lot of sense. SpaceX has a large amount of land there. Do you let it grow weeds and go to waste, or do you hire a farmer to get in there and do something with it? It shows that SpaceX is a progressive company that makes smart moves.

 

[SW2Fiddler]

A loophole in Texas agricultural law allows ranch owners to pay property taxes based on agricultural production instead of on the market value of the land.

So if a $20 million ranch only yielded $20,000 in alfalfa last year, the owner would pay property taxes only on that $20,000.

Which is what the oil & gas industry have always done in Texas.