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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />. -"'-- <br />002098 <br /> <br />required as inputs in their models, and second, to insure an appro- <br /> <br /> <br />priate degree of consistency between states in their selection, <br /> <br /> <br />modification, and use of these inputs. This B-7 function was inter- <br /> <br /> <br />twined with and basically inseparable from the activities required <br /> <br /> <br />of the General Contractor in its role as coordinator of the A-l state <br /> <br /> <br />research (i.e., the development of the agricultural LP models which re- <br /> <br /> <br />flected the farm impact of changes in water availability, energy costs, <br /> <br /> <br />and water management strategies). <br /> <br /> <br />Study Element B-7 was a joint effort between the state A-l re- <br />searchers and the General Contractor (primarily Arthur D. Little, Inc.) <br />to develop a base set of forty year (1980-2020) data and assumptions <br />which each state could then modify as appropriate to reflect conditions <br />peculiar to its own farm production environment (climatic, soil, <br />institutional, economic,etc.). The data base and assumptions included: <br />. Commodity prices and yield projections for <br />- Corn <br />- Sorghum <br />- Wheat <br />- Soybeans <br />- Cot ton <br />- Alfalfa <br />- Sunflowers <br />. Production input price projections for <br />- Fertil i zer <br />- Seed <br />- Pesti ci des <br />- Machinery and equipment <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />Arthur 0 little.loe <br />