“Some people don’t value money as much as we and instead find value in thing beyond our comprehension. We are trully shocked with this discovery.” - AI CEOs.

They probably aren’t offering all that much money, current prices aside, property could be worth a lot more. I imagine they are trying to lowball these farmers, and will try to get the government to use eminent domain to get it even cheaper, and as a threat to force them to sell cheap.