C150008 Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C150008
• Contractor Name: Leroux Creek Water Users Association
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 40
• County: Delta
• Bill Number: HB 95-1155
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Crops Price Estimated Yield(!) Yield Total Value Total Value
Acres In Irrigated Dryland Irrigated Dryland
Production Units/Acre Units/Acre Crops Crops
Apples $0.25/pound 600 9,125 0 $1,368,750 $ 49,875 (2)
Peaches $0.50/pound 200 7,062 0 $ 706,200 $ 16,625 (2)
Misc. Fruit 180 . 0 $ 494,600 (3) $ 14,962 (2)
Hay $95/ton 1,750 3.5 0 $581,875 $145,468
Corn $2.76/bushel 250 142 0 $ 97,980 $ 20,781
Oats $2.24/bushel 250 52 0 $ 29,120 $ 20,781
Pasture 1770 $ 294,262(4) $ 147,1311"

TABLE 1
SUMMARY OF CROP PRODUCTION

I TOTALS I I 5000 I I I $3,572,787 I $ 415,623 I
(I) _ Average yield for 1996 and 1997 per Colorado Agricultural Statistics Service, Lakewood, Colorado.
(2) _ Production converted to pasture with yield assumed at 25 % of hay production.
(3) _ Miscellaneous fruit - pears, cherries, plums, apricots, and grapes. Total value based on average yields
and average prices for those fruits per Colorado Agricultural Statistics Service, Lakewood, Colorado.
(4) _ Not given in report. Total value based on 50% of the value of hay production.

Carl Smith Dam Feasibility

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