# ‘Country hicks’ were offered life-changing $26m for their farmland… now they’re being hailed as heroes after telling buyer to ‘kick rocks and don’t come back’ after sudden change of heart

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/country-hicks-were-offered-life-changing-26m-for-their-farmland-now-theyre-being-hailed-as-heroes-after-telling-buyer-to-kick-rocks-and-dont-come-back-after-sudden-change-of-heart/
- Published: 2026-08-16T16:10:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16056377/kentucky-farmers-fight-against-26million-data-center.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, Software, Technology, World

## Summary

Ida Huddleston, 82, and her daughter, Delsia Bare, 54, own neighboring properties in Kentucky, where they refused $26million from developers seeking to buy their land for a datacenter project.

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