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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ]0 11 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 al 42 43 Education C. D.. 8 The County may take such action as it deems appropriate through the Board or other entities or individuals to encourage the formafion of the Districts and to further their purposes and objectives, including the implementation of prtblic information programs to reasonably inform landowners of the agricultural district program. Addition and Withdrawal 1. Qualifying farmland shall be added to a Voluntary Agricultural District as provided in this Ordinance. 2. In the event that one or more Certified Qualifying Farms in the District withdraws and the acreage in the District becomes less than the minimum acreage required, a Voluntary Agricultural District will continue to exist so long as there is one Certified Oualifyin>? Farm in the District.. ARTICLE VII CERTIFICATION AND QUALIFICATION OF FARMLAND A. Requirements To secure County certification as qualifying farmland (Certified Oualifyint? Farm), a farm must: 1, Consist of a minimum of 20 contiguous acres; 2. Be participating in the farm present-use-value taxation program established by N.C.G.S. §105-277,2 through §105-277.7, or is otherwise determined by the county to meet all the qualifications of this program set forth in G.S. 105-277..3 ; 3. Be certified by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Depaztment of Agriculture as being a farm on which atleasttwo-thirds of the land is composed of soils that: a. Are best suited for providing food, seed, fiber, forage, timber, forestry products, horticultural crops and oil seed crops; b. Have good soil qualities; c. Are favorable for all major crops common to the county where the land is located;