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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 />1408 <br /> <br />Off-farm irrigation transmission facilities <br /> <br /> <br />designed for- those parcels with preliminar-y <br /> <br /> <br />gr-eater than the off-farm water- pumping costs. <br /> <br /> <br />r-e-eval ua ted, added to the faci Ii ties cost. <br /> <br /> <br />preliminary payment capacity. <br /> <br />were conceptually <br /> <br />payment capacities <br />The pumping cost was <br />and compared to the <br /> <br />To complete the PIA analysis, the cropping patter-n and payment <br />capacities were reviewed by the economist taking into account the <br />practicality of the cropping pattern for the particular parcel and <br />any agr-onomic costs that might be par-ticular- to the parcel. Several <br />iterations of this pr-ocess between the economist and the engineer <br /> <br />were sometimes necessary in or-der- to develop the most economical <br /> <br /> <br />par-cel and facilities layout. Those parcels that still exhibited <br /> <br /> <br />positive residual payment capacity after- these further- analyses wer-e <br /> <br /> <br />then deter-mined to be pr-acticably irrigable. <br /> <br />D.2 SELECTION OF PARCELS FOR OFF-FARM DESIGN <br /> <br /> <br />Parcels to be considered for PIA analysis wer-e identified in the Task <br /> <br /> <br />B Report along with on-farm irrigation costs. The Task B report <br /> <br /> <br />identified irrigation costs for handmove spr-inkler, sideroll <br /> <br /> <br />sprinkler, gravity (furrow or basin). center pivot, and center pivot <br /> <br /> <br />with sprinkler in the cor-ner-s. Computer- tabulation compar-ed on- <br /> <br /> <br />farm ir-rigation costs to the crop payment capacity for- an <br /> <br /> <br />alfalfa/barley crop rotation. <br /> <br />The fir-st step in making this task analysis was detet:mination of the <br /> <br />2 <br />