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35 <br /> FINAL DRAFT-5-27-26 <br /> • Priority Action 5b: Convene an annual Transition Planning/Estate Planning <br /> summit for County farmer-landowners. <br /> BENCHMARK/PROGRESS INDICATORS FUNDING/RESOURCES <br /> • Transition Planning/Estate Planning Funding required <br /> summit convened annually <br /> • Annual increase in number of <br /> farmers/landowners with transition <br /> plans a initiated b completed <br /> • Priority Action 5c: Educate owners of forestland about the benefits to the <br /> environment and the climate of conserving forestland and the financial <br /> benefits of managed forestland. <br /> BENCHMARK/PROGRESS INDICATORS FUNDING/RESOURCES <br /> • Annual increase in number of 0 County staff including new <br /> farmers/landowners with forest proposed Ag Viability and <br /> management plans Farmland Stewardship position <br /> • Annual increase in number of 0 Agricultural Preservation Board <br /> farmers in forestry PUV members <br /> • Annual increase in number of 0 Orange County Extension agents <br /> acres of forestland permanently <br /> conserved <br /> • Priority Action 5d: Conduct a County-wide outreach program to better <br /> understand farmer and landowner perspectives on transition planning to <br /> support customized approaches to transition planning and conservation. <br /> BENCHMARK/PROGRESS INDICATORS FUNDING/RESOURCES <br /> • Number of farmers/landowners 0 County staff including new <br /> contacted for inclusion in the proposed Ag Viability and <br /> database Farmland Stewardship position <br /> • Number of farmers/landowners 0 Agricultural Preservation Board <br /> with data represented in the members <br /> database 0 Orange County Extension agents <br /> • Number of farmers/landowners <br /> initiating transition or conservation <br /> tans as a result of outreach <br /> Recommendation 6: Establish an Agricultural Viability and Farmland Stewardship <br /> coordinator role in the County. Currently in Orange County, the duties and <br /> responsibilities related to agricultural viability and farmland stewardship are <br /> divided among several staff members, all of whom have other primary job <br /> responsibilities. As illustrated by the Priority Actions outlined in this Plan, the needs <br /> related to agriculture in the County are sufficiently numerous and wide-ranging <br /> to justify the future creation of a County staff position dedicated to agricultural <br /> viability and farmland stewardship. Other counties in North Carolina, including <br /> 33 <br />