Outer Banks Times

County of Hyde issued the following announcement on July 25.

North Carolina ranks sixth in the nation in the percentage of agricultural land projected to be converted by 2040.

North Carolina is the highest-ranked state that is not located in New England or the mid-Atlantic.

Seven North Carolina counties rank in the top 45 of all the counties in the United States in the percentage of remaining agricultural land to be converted by 2040:

• Mecklenburg: 2nd
• New Hanover: 13th
• Transylvania: 21st
• Wake: 23rd
• Clay: 30th
• Watauga: 39th
• Macon: 41st

Here is the link to the full study details: https://farmlandinfo.org/publications/farms-under-threat-2040/

Of note, you can view the spatial mapping to get a better idea of the projected conversion: https://development2040.farmland.org/

 Original source can be found here.