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.--, <br />Totals and Percentages of Responses for 1998 Ag Survey <br />Total number of surveys entered 159 <br />Employee structure of operation (Questions 1-2) <br />Fousehold in Ag (Full-Time) 133 <br />Household in Ag (Part-Time) 131 <br />Household in Ag (Retired) 37 <br />Non-family in Ag (Full-Time) 60 <br />Non-family in Ag (Part-Time) 244 <br />Non-family in Ag (Retired) 12 <br />Problems hiring labor (3-4) <br />Why? lack of close affordable housing <br />Why? lack of adequate (raining <br />Why? lack of interest <br />Why? local competition <br />Increased environmental regulations <br />affect operation (5-6) <br />NC waste management rules affect operation <br />Neuse River basin rules effect operation <br />Federal Clean Water Act regulations affect operation <br />Other federal regulations affect operation <br />Changes In bordering land uses (12) <br />no t 441 [tai°I <br />What era new uses on bordering land? (13) <br />(., .., r A, ~ ., <br />Roads as new use 9 6°~ <br />Change in farm activity as new use 30 19% <br />Commercial development as new use 6 4% <br />Industrial development as new use 3 2% <br />Gray shaded areas =largest percentage In category <br />Agricultural-Use <br />affecting profltabllity of <br />taxes on farm buildings most beneficial? <br />taxes on farm machinery most beneficial? <br />the eg operation profitable? (10 <br />78 49% no <br />16 10% break even <br />30 19°r6 <br />31 <br />79% Development activity exacts near <br />better <br />4 `~3 What factors limit the operation's p-oflts? (11) <br />44 28% Ulpn~$~rl"abbtb illrlt ptCtit's , ~; 99 u~'' 2°/6 <br />43 27% Finding qualified labor limits profits 68 43`% <br />_ Lack of product markets limits profits 57 36°I° <br />Lack of family interest limits profits 49 31 <br />15 72°/, Small size of ag operation limits profits 80 50% <br />72 45% :~i~~~II,~ ~ ~~.a' -.,ytt "~. 9g .~ ~t ° <br />58 36% High land costs limit profits 92 58% <br />60 38°~ Taxes limit profits 88 55% <br />no effect ~ 66~ 42%~ <br />Whet hinders your operation? (15) <br />Theft of property 41 26% <br />Injury to livestock 22 14% <br />Equipment vandalism 27 17% <br />.~~..r ~r.,~xx~ _.. <br />Non-farming neighbors <br />Litter problems <br />Trespasser crop loss <br />Structure vandalism <br /> ~ <br /> 62 39% <br /> 51 32"/0 <br /> 28 18"/° <br /> 42 26% <br />Are problems worse now than ten years ago? (16) <br />yes ":" 121 76% <br />no 18 11% <br />Complaints from neighbors? (17-18) 37 23°~ <br />Complaints noise 6 4°~ <br />Complaints du <br />s <br />t 9 6% <br />g <br />~ <br />g <br />~rOrTrDU ,6ra.1t ~~~~~ ~ 1 ~9 <br />Complaints spray drift 2 1% <br />Complaints stray animals 16 10% <br />Appendix B, Page 1 <br />