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3 <br /> of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures <br /> above. <br /> 5) Owners of the Parker Farm, Carlton, Barbara, Shane, Carley, and Sarah Parker, have <br /> submitted an application to enroll five (5) parcel of land totaling 298.24 acres as qualifying <br /> farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program in the Caldwell Agricultural <br /> District. The farm operation includes a beef cattle operation, pastures, hay crops and <br /> managed woodland. The Parker Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD <br /> certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 6) Owners Susan Gray and Tommy Warren have submitted an application to enroll one (1) <br /> parcel of land totaling 53.01 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural <br /> District (VAD) program in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm operation includes a <br /> beef cattle operation, pastures, hay crops and managed woodland. The Gray/Warren farm <br /> has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets <br /> or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 7) Owners of the Milton A. Latta & Sons Dairy Farm Inc., William and Tate Latta, have <br /> submitted an application to enroll five (5) parcels of land totaling 622.30 acres as qualifying <br /> farmland — 363.59 acres for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program and 258.71 <br /> acres for the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District program (EVAD) in the Schley/Eno <br /> Agricultural District. The farm operation includes a dairy cattle operation, pastures, hay, <br /> grain, corn crops and managed woodland. The Latta Farm has been evaluated against each <br /> of the VAD and EVAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the <br /> measures above. <br /> 8) The owner of the Irvin Farm Nature Preserve, the Triangle Land Conservancy, has submitted <br /> an application to enroll three (3) parcels of land totaling 261.27 acres as qualifying farmland <br /> for the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) program in the White Cross <br /> Agricultural District. The farm operation includes traditional and Asian fruits and vegetables, <br /> wildlife habitat and managed woodland. The Irvin Farm has been evaluated against each of <br /> the EVAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures <br /> above. <br /> 9) Owners of the Atwater Farm, Donald and Warren Atwater, have submitted an application to <br /> enroll four (4) parcels of land totaling 116.25 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br /> Agricultural District (VAD) program in the White Cross Agricultural District. The farm <br /> operation includes a hay crops and managed woodland. The Atwater farm has been <br /> evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or <br /> exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 10) Owners of the Durham Farm, Gerry and Milton Durham, have submitted an application to <br /> enroll five (5) parcels of land totaling 197.56 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br /> Agricultural District (VAD) program in the White Cross Agricultural District. The farm <br /> operation includes a beef cattle operation, pastures, hay crops and managed woodland. The <br /> Durham farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement <br /> standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with this item. Voluntary <br /> Agricultural Districts are non-monetary and non-binding conservation agreements. Enhanced <br />