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Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods -Grant Application Form <br />a$n~a~ zone <br />Task ~ --Antitrust Issues <br />The intent of the water leasing program is to provide an exclusive alternative to <br />traditional "buy and dry." As currently envisioned, a condition of leasing water from the Super <br />Ditch Company will be that the lessees agree to forgo purchasing or leasing agricultural water in <br />the Lower Arkansas River Valley and transferring it to other uses, except as may be permitted <br />by the Super Ditch Company. Same have questioned whether such an arrangement would <br />violate antitrust laws because it could limit the potential purchasers and lessees of agricultural <br />water in the Lower Valley. <br />Deliverable: Legal analysis of antitrust issues discussed above. <br />Task F -The Effect on Corn Yield, Nutrient Needs and Economics when l=allowing Land, <br />One, Two or Three Years lin the Arkansas Valley <br />In an effort to determine the effect of fallowing land for one, two or three years, Colorado <br />State University started a study in 2007 with corn as the index crop. The study will look at the <br />effect on yield, nutrient needs and the economics involved in maintaining or improving yields on <br />these followed lands when put back into corn production as compared to growing corn an land <br />for afour-year period. <br />Subtask F--1. Farm the corn areas according to recommended practices necessary to <br />produce optimum yields and returns in the Arkansas Valley. Record practices and costs for field <br />operations. Use 2007 soil sample analyses to determine the movement of nitrates, salts and <br />selenium under production corn land and followed land to a depth of 24 inches. <br />Subtask F-2. Determine the practices and casts necessary to maintain the followed <br />lands. This would include preventing weed infestation and protecting these lands from <br />excessive erasion. Pertorm operations as necessary to prevent weed infestation and erosion <br />and to record practices and costs. <br />Subtask F-3. Determine nutrient needs and costs necessary in 2008, 2009 and 2010 to <br />return these followed lands to levels of production comparable to two, three and four years of <br />continuous corn. <br />Subtask F-4. Determine the effect of fallowing on the movement of nitrates and salts in <br />the soil profile. Use sail sample analyses to determine the movement of nitrates, salts and <br />selenium under production corn land and followed land to a depth of 24 inches. <br />Subtask F-5. Provide information an the results of the study through field days, <br />workshops and reports. Also, make information from the study available to the public through <br />news releases and on University and related websites. Hold information events at the Arkansas <br />Valley Research Center and throughout the Valley and state to present the information to the <br />public. <br />28 <br />