This is still common practice in places where zoning is not fully developed. Politicians (or their friends) buy cheap ag land, and a few years down the road it’

This is still common practice in places where zoning is not fully developed. Politicians (or their friends) buy cheap ag land, and a few years down the road it’s rezoned and politician can sell it for massive profit. In my country there‘s a me-too like cascade happening right now around this very issue.