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55 <br /> 1 Slide #5 <br /> Producers^ 1,199 Percent of farms that: Top Crops in Acres <br /> tax Forage(hay/haylage), it 9.330 <br /> Mate 734 Have internal a 8 Soybeans(vr beans 3,266 <br /> Female 465 access Q Com for grain 2,752 <br /> 2022 D Ag Wheat For grain,ail 584 <br /> TpbeLrA ltyt <br /> c3.5 117 Farm 35-64 613 organlcaliy 2 <br /> 65 and cider 469 <br /> Census: Roc• Sell directly to r'}O Livestock Inventory(Dec 31.2022) <br /> American Indlan)Xaska Native 11 consumers L <br /> Asian 8 Broilers and other <br /> Black or African American 47 meat-type chickens 1,082 <br /> Native Hawaiian/Pocific Islander - Hire Catlin and calves 6,2T7 <br /> White 1,110 farm labor 25 Goals 507 <br /> More than one race 23 Hogs and pigs 439 <br /> Orange Horses and ponies 1.291 <br /> Olhn charact�riahca Layers 200,297 <br /> Are family <br /> Hispanic,Latino,Spanish angle 2e faints94 Pullets 1,708 <br /> With military service 90 Sheep and lambs 1,217 <br /> County New and beginning farmers 474 Turkeys 205 <br /> °Average per farm remivirg.0 May not and to 100%due in mundm0.`Amortl wuntiea whom rank ran be displayed.°Data collected for a maeimum <br /> Summary W four producare per fam1.•Crap mmnrodity nacres may be ehodomd,see full name at,now nasa.ueda.gd Wuopmmnea.pdf.r Position below the <br /> Ice does not indicate rank.(DI WlefheW to avoid dlsdoaing dela for ndiv4wl operethm.1NA)Not available.(Z)Lass than half of the unit shown(•I <br /> Reprasenra xara. <br /> (cont'd) <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Jonathon Smith explained that he looked into why the percentage of"Farm organically" is <br /> 4 only 2% and learned that there are 13 farms that responded to the survey that do organic product <br /> 5 sales. He said Orange County is the number 1 county in North Carolina for voluntary sales of <br /> 6 organic products. He said a lot of smaller farms are farming organically but don't complete the <br /> 7 survey. Based on the age demographics, he said there is a unique opportunity here to mentor <br /> 8 and engage young farmers in production agriculture and encourage them to continue. <br /> 9 Commissioner McKee said there are only 687 farms and the net cash farm income from <br /> 10 the last slide is concerning. He said it indicates that farming is not viable without a second source <br /> 11 of income. <br /> 12 Mike Ortosky, Extension Agent for Community & Rural Development, said Commissioner <br /> 13 McKee makes a great point. He said the vast majority of household income on farms of all sizes <br /> 14 in the United States comes from off-farm sources of income. He said this is a critical issue. <br /> 15 Commissioner McKee said there is a small percentage of people who are able to juggle <br /> 16 the high value crops. He said if there are 5 producers making money, adding 5 more will <br /> 17 overwhelm the market and no one makes a profit. <br /> 18 Mike Ortosky said part of the solution is building more market for farmers to sell their <br /> 19 products. <br /> 20 Commissioner McKee said more resources to help farmers with marketing and figuring <br /> 21 out a pathway to get their products to the end point at a profitable dollar figure. <br /> 22 Jonathon Smith said the presentation will touch on some of the things they are doing to <br /> 23 help with this a little later. He said there are a lot of resources for farmers to plug into that County <br /> 24 Extension can help them access. He said many Ag Summit attendees appreciate the sessions on <br /> 25 money and helping them access markets. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 <br />