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13 <br /> Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program in the High Rock/Efland Agricultural <br /> District. The farm operation includes livestock, pasture, and managed woodland. This <br /> acreage will be an addition to the existing farmland in the VAD program. The farm has <br /> been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets <br /> or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 3) Owners, Claude Hughes and Linda Sakiewicz, have submitted an application to enroll <br /> one (1) parcel of land totaling of 2.56 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br /> Agricultural District (VAD) program located in the Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural <br /> District. The farm includes livestock and pasture, and will be an additional acreage to <br /> their existing farmland in the VAD program. The farm has been evaluated against each <br /> of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the <br /> measures above. <br /> 4) Owners, Susan Snipes Nichols and Karen Snipes Sexton, have submitted an application <br /> to enroll two (2) parcels of land totaling 268.33 acres as qualifying farmland for the <br /> Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program in the Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural <br /> District. The farm operation includes corn, soybeans, small grains, hay crops, and <br /> managed woodland. The farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification <br /> requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 5) Owners, Virginia McKee and Heirs, have submitted an application to enroll one (1) <br /> parcel of land totaling of 162.28 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br /> Agricultural District (VAD) program located in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm <br /> includes livestock, pasture, hay crops, soybeans, small grains, and managed woodland. <br /> The farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement <br /> standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 6) Owner, Mark Miller, has submitted an application to enroll five (5) parcels of land totaling <br /> 177.74 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program <br /> in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm operation includes livestock, pasture, hay <br /> crops, and managed woodland. The farm property has been evaluated against each of <br /> the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures <br /> above. <br /> Gail Hughes made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> Orange County Voluntary <br /> Farmland Preservation Program <br /> Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary <br /> Agricultural District Program <br /> Orange County Board of Commissions Meeting <br /> June 4, 2019 <br /> Orange County VAD/EVAD Program <br /> Benefits of Agricultural Districts <br /> ➢ Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) is a 10 year commitment for farm to be in active <br /> farm production, but the landowner can withdraw from the VAD at any time, for any <br /> reason, with a 30 day notification to the Agri. Preservation Board. <br /> ➢ Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) is an irrevocable 10 year <br /> commitment to be in active farm production, therefore the "enhanced" qualifies farm for <br /> up to 90% cost share rates and a priority for state and federal grants funds. <br /> Benefits include: (listing a few) <br />