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I areas containing limiting soil condition characteristic occur primarily in association with the identified floodplains. te Peporbed. Bingham Township cropland both harvested and idle diminighed by 16% below between the years 1955 and 1977. The cropland base ot the Township declined in this period by almost 1,400 acres. The Township pastureland base also diminished, but at a much, slower rate of less than 2%, representing a decline of less than 100 acres. The twenty operating dairy farms in Bingham Township maintain over 1800 milk cows. Consequently, Bingham TownShip is an Important center of dairying in a county, ranking sixth among North Carolina's 100 counties in number of milk caws. Other types of farming operations in the Township include poultry and swine operations. Pressures fra• the urbanization trends will likely affect Bingham Township agriculture. The proposed 1-40 extension, if built, will significantly decrease the commuting time to typical places of work such as the Research Triangle Park, Durham and Raleigh. The dairy, swine and poultry operations in Bingham Township are vulnerable to development pressures. Nuisance complaints fram non-farm residential areas are often directed at the and poultry farms. Dairy farming is sUbject to increased environmental regulation as population density increases. The large capital investment necessary in dairying makes any relocation of a operation due to surrounding development pressures very difficult and expensive.