PUBLIC STATEMENT
AgTech September 25, 2026 press release on the State Land lease action
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Company statement dated September 25, 2026, supplied by AgTech. It records the company’s position on the September 10 State Land Department action and its stated basis for a formal challenge.
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Summary of the AgTech statement dated September 25, 2026, supplied directly to Yuma Informed: AgTech said its counsel sent a written challenge concerning the September 10 lease action and argued that required notice-and-cure procedures were not followed. At the time, Yuma Informed had not reviewed the letter. A copy of Stuart S. Kimball’s September 24 letter has since been published by KYMA and is separately cited. The company statement alone does not prove agency receipt, a filed appeal, the legal argument, or relief.
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- AgTech says counsel formally challenged the lease action
A September 24, 2026 letter by AgTech attorney Stuart S. Kimball to State Land Commissioner Robyn Sahid, titled “Notice of Exercise of Right to Cure,” disputes the department’s September 10 lease action. It invokes notice-and-cure procedures and asks for a public clarification that no lease cancellation decisions have occurred or are authorized at that time. The letter says a separate appeal is forthcoming. The State described one lease as in default and four as nonrenewals. A copy of the letter is public, but delivery, agency receipt, a filed appeal, an ASLD response, and relief have not been established.
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