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When an out-of-town buyer calls about acreage in Martin County, the first question is rarely about square footage. It’s usually some version of “what’s actually going on with the Ag Center?” That’s the Senator Bob Martin Eastern Agricultural Center — a regional equestrian, rodeo, and events hub in Williamston — and it’s the reason land, farm, and horse-property buyers show up here at all instead of just looking somewhere closer to home.
Martin Community College’s equine business and training program sits right alongside it, feeding a small but real pipeline of people who understand horses professionally and, eventually, want their own place to keep them. That combination — a working events venue plus an actual training program — is unusual for a county this size and this affordable.
None of that changes the honest math: this is a thin, patient market. Recent sales have ranged from roughly $24,000 up into the $300,000s, and a single closing can move the median. If you’re weighing a working farm against a residential USDA loan, or wondering whether a tract near the Ag Center carries a real premium, that’s worth a direct conversation before you write an offer.
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