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S <br />NCDA &CS Orange County <br />I — General Agricultural Notes <br />$39 million in Agriculture Cash Receipts <br />485 Farms with 72,515 acres <br />NCDA &CS Employees living in county — 7 <br />Nurseries - 25 (131 acres) <br />Nursery dealers - 28 <br />Aquatic dealers - 9 <br />1 operating fish farm <br />10,928 tons of fertilizer, lime and gypsum sold at 6 dealers for a retail value of more than $2.4 million <br />II — Services Provided by NCDA &CS <br />Test/Inspections <br />7 wholesale food establishments <br />41 retail food establishments <br />35 honey bee colonies <br />65 service stations <br />863 fuel dispensers <br />13 propane delivery trucks <br />3 commercial bulk storage facilities <br />1 domestic storage location <br />8 calibration services <br />1 feed mill <br />5 wholesale drug distributors <br />1 pet food distributor <br />89 traps placed for gypsy moth <br />16 seed lots during 4 visits to 29 dealers <br />• 298 pesticide related inspections /outreach events conducted for consumers to ensure public health and awareness <br />11 routine inspections of the work, records and facilities of all structural pest control licensees and non commercial <br />certified applicators <br />• 6 investigations of complaints concerning quality of structural pest control <br />• 320 scales and 43 scanning systems in 73 retail establishments <br />• 25 Phytosanitary certificates issued . <br />Agronomic Analysis <br />1,844 soil samples <br />26 nematode assays <br />297 plant tissue samples <br />58 waste samples <br />39 solution samples <br />III - Additional Benefits <br />Ongoing engineering consulting services provided to 8 agribusiness firms <br />• 6 endangered plant species monitored <br />• 9 noxious weeds treated <br />USDA Food Distribution <br />Orange County Jail $830 <br />UN C Hospitals -Room 2033 $147 <br />Freedom House $2,954 <br />Orange County Schools $98,806 <br />IV - Facilities <br />Calibration Station <br />IFC Community Kitchen $2,221 <br />Iskcon of NC, Inc. - $3,821 <br />Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools $115,723 <br />