FLOOD01223

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Stream Name: South Platte
• Title: Upper Platte River Basin Study 1979-83
• Date: 1/1/1979
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

V,S, Feed Grain Exports Soar
Mil. metric tons Table 7.--U.S. Exports of coarse grain
12J I (million metric tons)
,
I Crop Coarse Grain
100 Tota~world Year (sorghum, barley, corn) Corn
,
I e)( arts
I I 1970
i 18.6 12.9
8Q.j ,
1971 24.2 19.9
1972 38.7 31.5
60 1973 40.7 31.2
1974 35.9 29.2
1975 50.0 43.5
40 1976 50.6 42.8
1977 56.3 49.5
1978 60.2 54.2
1979 71.4 61.8
Other major 1980 (estimate) 73.1 64.8
e.lCportersO
0 I I I I II I Source: Agricultural Outlook,
II I I I I I I I I I I September 1980
1960 65 70 75 80

Annual corn production in Colorado and Nebraska for the years 1970
throu9h 1980 has shown a systematic increase which correl ates with
United States exports for coarse grains (table 8). Corn production in
the Upper Platte River Basin is stimulated by world demand through the
economi c market sys tem. Thi s trend in corn production and harvested
acres of irrigated corn for Colorado and Nebraska reveals that the
continuance of growth would result 'in a doubling of both the irrigated
acres harvested and bushels of corn produced by the year 2000. Of
course, this trend analysis placed no constraints on agricultural growth
due to available water, productive land, or economic climate.

Table 8.--Annual corn production for 1970-1980,
Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming
(million bushels)

Year Co 1 orado Nebraska Wyoming
1970 37.84 360.38 NA*
1971 38.70 450.50 2.26
1972 42.33 534.04 2.32
1973 48.50 554.60 2.67
1974 52.92 387.60 2.06
1975 51.52 503.20 1.60
1976 64.26 518.50 1.91
1977 80.62 648.45 2.55
1978 80.30 740.15 2.75
1979 96.52 822.25 2.52
1980 89.68 603.50 3.59

* NA - not avail ab 1 e

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