Councillor wonders what WFA officials think of farm severance on ‘perfectly good farm field’

Councillor wonders what WFA officials think of farm severance on ‘perfectly good farm field’

MAPLETON – All but one councilor here supports a severance on a farm just outside of Teviotdale. The owners of the property, at 8622 Concession 14, are hoping to sever 0.7 hectares (1.7 acres) and retain 37.5 hectares (94.3 acres). The severed lot is rural residential with a house that is less than five years old, and the retained lot is farmland.  The retained farmland is set to be consolidated with other land owned by the Dekker family. The We…