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The County may take such action, as it deems appropriate, to encourage the <br />formation of the Districts and to further their purposes and objectives, <br />including the implementation of a public information program to reasonably <br />inform landowners of the location of districts. <br />C. Display <br />The Districts shall be marked on County maps, which shall be displayed for <br />public view in County offices including, but not limited to, the offices of the <br />Planning Department and the Register of Deeds. <br />D. Withdrawal <br />In the event that one or more participants in the District withdraws or loses <br />eligibility to participate and the District no longer meets the standards of this <br />ordinance, the district will continue to exist so long as there is one qualifying <br />farm. <br />ARTICLE VII <br />CERTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATION OF FARMLAND <br />In order for farmland to qualify under this Article, it must be real property that: <br />A. Is participating in the farm present- use -value taxation program established by <br />G.S. 105 -277.2 through 105 -277.7 or is otherwise determined by the county <br />,to meet all the qualifications of this program set forth in G.S. 105 - 277..3; <br />B. Is certified by the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department <br />of Agriculture as being a farm on which at least two - thirds of the land is <br />composed of soils that (i) are best suited for providing food, seed, fiber, <br />forage, timber, and oil seed crops, (ii) have good soil qualities, (iii) are favorable <br />for all major crops common to the county where the land is located, (iv) have a <br />favorable growing season, and (v) receive the available moisture needed to <br />produce high yields an average of eight out of 10 years; or on which at least <br />two - thirds of the land has been actively used in agricultural, horticultural or <br />forestry operations as defined in G;S. 105- 277.2(1), (2), and (3) during each <br />of the five previous years, measured from the date on which the determination <br />must be made as to whether the land in question qualifies; <br />C. Is managed, if highly erodable land exists on the farm, in accordance with the <br />Natural Resources Conservation Service defined erosion control practices that <br />5 <br />