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FOR EXAMPLE, if a farmer had a large pasture field and a pipeline came through the middle of it causing the farmer to lose part of his pasture as well as forcing him to either purchase additional pasture or hay, the farmer can be compensated not only for the lost pasture, but for any costs incurred in procuring additional pasture or hay and for any weight not gained by the livestock which the stock would have gained had the pipeline not come through the property. However, in some cases a farmer cannot collect any damages.
The Highway Commission has successfully proved in court that land under an interchange is worth as much as a million dollars or more and therefore, the farmer is not entitled to additional compensation since his land is worth more after the highway went through than before.
The same is true if a drainage district takes land to widen a ditch and the property is worth more after the improvement than before.
However, juries should consider all past, present and future damages that may reasonably be attributed to the improvement. Farmers should especial
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