Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
69 <br /> Jonathon Smith continued the presentation: <br /> Slide #29 <br /> 2025 Ag Summit Needs Survey <br /> What do farmers see as the critical challenges for their operations? <br /> • Input Costs <br /> • Development <br /> • Affordable Farm Labor/Labor Costs <br /> • Land Prices <br /> • Managing pasture grasses and cover crops <br /> • New FSMA Produce Safety Rule Pre-Harvest Water requirement updates coming in 2025 <br /> • Keeping machinery in good repair and finding local mechanics to assist when things break <br /> down. <br /> • Marketing <br /> • Attaining information on Extension and Soil Conservation <br /> • Climate Change <br /> zo'z's! <br /> Jonathon Smith said three farmers were added to the Ag Summit planning committee <br /> this year. <br /> Slide #30 <br /> 2025 Ag Summit Needs Survey <br /> What do farmers see as the critical challenges for their operations? <br /> • Sustainability <br /> • Succession Planning <br /> • Time Management <br /> • Livestock Challenges(disposal of deceased livestock,predators,high cost of veterinary care,profit <br /> margins) <br /> • Technology(what's out there,what's affordable,what's useful) <br /> • Assuring equitable distribution of resources across racial groups <br /> • Changing rules and processes to increase organizational sustainability for for-profits and nonprofits <br /> supporting the ag sector <br /> • Access to land and credit for farms and food businesses �a,..��ir <br /> • Increasing the number of local and regional government personnel who support the local food system <br /> !o'2 <br />