N.C. Cooperative Extension, Duplin County Center - with support from Ag Carolinas Farm Credit - will host a farm and forest landowner education event this Friday, November 15, 2024. Land Summit events - designed by the NC State Ag and Resource Economics' Farm Law and Tax for Producers and Landowners program and organized by county Extension offices - provide farmers and landowners with helpful information on various topics concerning rural lands, their management, program opportunities, and transfer. Below is the agenda for this Friday's program:

9:00-10:00 Robert Andrew Branan, JD, NC State/ARE - Property Ownership, Rights and Transfer

10:00-10:30 Chris Hatcher, Planner - *tent* Planning and Zoning Process

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:15 Joan Barnette, Tax office - Present Use Value and Tax Updates

11:15-12:00 Colby Lambert, NC State Extension-Timber and Forestry Use

12:00-12:45 Lunch (sponsored by Ag Carolinas Farm Credit)

12:45-1:45 Evan Davis, NCDA&CS - Farmland Preservation and Agricultural Conservation Easements

1:45-2:15 Bob Kornegay & possibly Mike Weston - Utility Right of Ways

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:30 Andrew Branan, NCSU - Case Studies in Property Disposition and Farm Succession

Registration is free for the event, please call 910 296 2143 to register!