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1 <br />2 The most substantial burden to family -owned farms, particularly large conventional farms is the <br />3 costs associated from owning property. The Present -Use Value Taxation program offers some <br />4 financial assistance to active farmers, but it does not help new farmers buy land nor does it <br />5 reduce the incentive for retiring farmers to sell their land to non - agricultural interests. <br />6 According to the Orange County Tax Assessor's Office, 2,666 parcels were enrolled in the <br />7 Present -Use Value program in 2008— encompassing 109,463 acres, or 43% of Orange County's <br />8 total land area. Cedar Grove Township, retains the largest percentage of enrollment, despite <br />9 the being hardest hit by the tobacco buy -out. <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <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, 011ie Roberts; Bryant 3. Walker; and L. Phillip Walker. <br />Draft 1012812009 Overview of Agricultural Activity 13 <br />28 <br />Present -Use Value Taxation Enrollment, 2008 <br />18,000 <br />16,000 <br />14,000 <br />12,000 <br />Acres <br />' <br />10,000 <br />8,000 <br />6,000 <br />4,000 <br />2,000 <br />0 <br />Little River <br />Cedar Grove <br />Cheeks <br />Hillsborough <br />Eno <br />Bingham <br />Chapel Hill <br />ci Homesite <br />268 <br />550 <br />196 <br />59 <br />141 <br />381 <br />293 <br />® Agriculture <br />6328 <br />15885 <br />4872 <br />1727 <br />2135 <br />8868 <br />3043 <br />® Horticulture <br />41 <br />45 <br />36 <br />0 <br />57 <br />22 <br />6 <br />N Forestry <br />8288 <br />16543 <br />8743 <br />2373 <br />5163 <br />13062 <br />6966 <br />Township <br />10Homesite <br />®Agriculture MHorticulture ■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, 011ie Roberts; Bryant 3. Walker; and L. Phillip Walker. <br />Draft 1012812009 Overview of Agricultural Activity 13 <br />28 <br />