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75 <br /> Jonathon Smith said Mike Ortosky is working on videos to show the impact the county <br /> has made. <br /> Commissioner Carter asked if any other county has a program like this. <br /> Steve Brantley said he is unaware of any. He said he receives calls about this from other <br /> jurisdictions. <br /> Mike Ortosky said he believes Durham has a program like this as well, and if there are <br /> others they are not funded at this level. <br /> Slide #41 <br /> Agriculture Grant <br /> 129 Awards (90 unique farms) <br /> ► 22 Farms that have received 2 awards <br /> ► 7 Farms that have received 3 awards <br /> ► 1 Farm has received 4 awards <br /> Farms that have 2 or more Grcmts <br /> $20,000 or More 14 <br /> ($30,000 curmnt high) <br /> $15,000 - $19,999.99 6 <br /> $10,000 - $14,999.99 5 <br /> Less than $10,000 5 <br /> Slide #42 <br /> Cooperative Extension <br /> • AgVentures Grant Program <br /> o NC AgVentures Farm Grant Program is one of three programs to offer cost-share grants to NC <br /> family farms to diversify,expand or enhance their agricultural operations.Together these <br /> programs provide a grant opportunity to all 100 counties in the state. <br /> o $27,106 was awarded to Orange County farms in 2023-2024, <br /> o Funds supported: <br /> ■ Expansion of cut flower production from 3 to 5 acres for U-pick flower agritourism <br /> operation. <br /> ■ Transition of 5 acres of row crop land into high density peach orchard with irrigation and <br /> fencing. <br /> ■ Purchasing grain bins to help farmer better time sales in accordance with better market <br /> conditions <br /> ■ Increasing pasture poultry operation to process more poultry at once. <br />