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~P <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Brent Bogue, District Conservationist <br />John Smith, Tax Supervisor <br />From: Tina Moon, Land Use/Preservation Planner <br />Date: March 1, 2006 <br />Subject: William Adrian Pearson Property <br />Application for Certification as Qualifying Farmland <br />Please find attached the application from Adrian Pearson for Certification as Qualifying <br />Farmland; Mr, Pearson has submitted this form as part of the application process for the <br />County's Voluntary Agricultural District Program. <br />To secure such certification, a tract must: <br />Be participating in the present use-value taxation program established <br />by the NC General Statutes, Seckions 105-277,2 through 105-277,7, or is <br />otherwise determined by the County to meet all the qualifications of this <br />program set forth in the NC General Statutes, Section 105-277,3, <br />[Response to be provided by Tax supervisor] <br />2, Be certified by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States <br />Department of Agriculture (NRCS) as being a farm on which at least two-thirds <br />of the land is composed of soils that: <br />a, Are best suited for providing food, seed, fiber, forage, timber, and <br />oil seed crops; <br />b, Have good soil qualities; <br />c, Are favorable for all major crops common to Orange County; <br />Have a favorable growing season; and <br />e, Receive the available moisture needed to produce high yields for <br />an average of eight (8) out of ten (.10) years; OR be one on which at <br />least two-thirds of the land has been actively used for agricultural, <br />horticultural or forestry operations as defined in the NC General Statutes, <br />Section 105-277.2 (1,2, and 3), during each of the five (5) previous <br />