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Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods -Grant Application Form <br />January 2008 <br />Suggested Format for Scope of Work <br />The scope of work will form the basis for the contract between the Applicant and the State of Colorado. In short, the <br />Applicant is agreeing to undertake the work for the compensation outlined in the scope of work and budget, and in <br />return, the State of Colorado is receiving the deliverables/products specified. Summarized below is a suggested <br />format for the Scope of Work. <br />I. Phase 1 <br />Phase 1 of the study, which included initial screening of farm sites, development of the proposed cropping <br />systems and irrigation practices, and selection of the farm sites, is complete. <br />II. Phase 2 <br />? Description of tasks in Phase 2 <br />The primary objective of Phase 2 is to document the water savings and profitability. This phase was initiated <br />in 2007 and is proposed to continue through 2010. Two types of field demonstrations will be conducted; on-farm <br />demonstrations and controlled research. On-farm demonstrations will be done on full-sized fields with farmers <br />managing the system. These on-farm demonstrations will not be replicated and will be done to evaluate the <br />practicality and feasibility of the cropping systems. The second approach will be controlled research done under <br />a state of the art linear move sprinkler irrigation system. The linear move sprinkler system will allow <br />scientifically-defendable, replicated research plots to be established with individualized control of irrigation <br />amounts. Details of the on-farm demonstrations and the controlled field research follow. <br />On-Farm Demonstrations <br />On-farm demonstration of cropping systems will be used to test water saving concepts while recording profit <br />potential. The demonstrations are particularly useful for illustrating how systems might be adopted throughout the <br />South Platte River Basin and to the Basin's farmers a practical, hands-on demonstration of these systems. <br />Farmer-led demonstrations are being conducted on three fields selected from farms owned by PWSD <br />(Hoogland, Vant, and Kaufman, see Exhibit D map). PWSD farm operators will participate voluntarily, and <br />Parker will underwrite the economic risk associated with demonstrating reduced water use cropping practices. <br />Therefore, an agreement has been made between PWSD, the cooperating farmer and CSU regarding the scope <br />and concepts tested for all demonstrations conducted in farmers' fields. Individual producers that participate in <br />Phase 1 will be selected as potential demonstration sites. However, the overarching goal will be to represent the <br />wide range of cropping systems, soil types, and marketing approaches that exist in the South Platte River Basin. <br />We expect that practices such as alternative crops and crop rotations, fallowing, limited irrigation, conservation <br />tillage, fertilizer and pest management will be included in the demonstrations performed. As part of the on-farm <br />fallowing demonstration, we will evaluate the productivity of land that is returned to an irrigated crop following a <br />period ofnon-irrigated fallow. These demonstrations will be conducted on parcels within a center pivot irrigation <br />system rather than on the entire field. Farmers will conduct all crop management practices and CSU researchers <br />will monitor the demonstrations, assist in water use measurements, yield measurement, and production cost <br />17