Wait. It doesn’t matter how we Pasken. Either way, Yovel has to follow Shemittah. So year nine of Yovel has to be either two years after a Shemitah (if Yovel counts as year 1) or 3 years after (if it doesn’t count). Either way, this year can’t be year 9. So either Kupat Ha’ir knows better than the Mesorah we have from the Geonim, or they were secretly Machmir for Shemitah 2 years ago with their own Mesorah from the Geonim. Or they’re just making stuff up.
I’m voting the latter.