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2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />The most substantial burden to family-owned farms, particularly large conventional farms is the <br />costs associated from owning property. The Present-Use Value Taxation program offers some <br />financial assistance to active farmers, but it does not help new farmers buy land nor does it <br />reduce the incentive for retiring farmers to sell their land to non-agricultural interests. <br />According to the Orange County Tax Assessor's Office, 2,666 parcels were enrolled in the <br />Present-Use Value program in 2008-encompassing 109,463 acres, or 43% of Orange County's <br />total land area. Cedar Grove Township, retains the largest percentage of enrollment, despite <br />the being hardest hit by the tobacco buy-out. <br /> Present-Use Value Taxation Enrollment, 2008 <br />18,000 , -- __ - <br />16,000 } --_ __ - - _ -- <br />14,000 ~' _ _ _ - - -_ _ _ _- - <br /> - <br />Acres 10,000- ~ <br />8,000 -- .; __ _ __ _ <br />~ <br />6,000 <. ~ __ -. <br />4,000 .. -- . ; _ __ <br />2,000 _ __ _. <br />0 <br /> <br /> Little River Cedar Grove Cheeks Hillsborough Eno Bingham Chapel Hill <br /> p Homesite 268 550 196 59 141 381 293 <br /> Agriculture 6328 15885 4872 1727 2135 8868 3043 <br /> Horticulture 41 45 36 0 57 22 6 <br /> ~ Forestry 8288 16543 8743 2373 5163 13062 6966 <br /> Township <br /> p Homesite Agriculture Horticulture Forestry <br />H. Griffin, Wade E. Griffin; Katherine L. Kirkpatrick; Floyd Fox Miller; A. Gordon Neville; Ralph Neville <br />(Heirs): Anne Neville Williams, Jane Neville Hatley, Bryant Neville, Claude Neville; Shelton L. Ray; Richard <br />Roberts, Ollie Roberts; Bryant J. Walker; and L. Phillip Walker. <br />Draft 6/1/2009 Overview of Agricultural Activity 13 <br />