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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 />2015 <br /> <br />Crop cultural practices for irrigated hay/pasture and dry land <br />pasture are summarized in Tables 6.12 and 6.13, respectively. <br /> <br />Fertility recommendations are summarized in Tables 6.14 and 6.15 for <br /> <br />each climatic zone. <br /> <br />6.2.3 Barley <br />Barley is an important cereal crop in Colorado. Based on Colorado <br />Agricultural Statistics published by the Colorado Department of <br />Agriculture, Colorado ranked eighth in the United States in barley <br />production during 1984 with approximately 20,150,000 bushels <br />harvested from about 325,000 acres. The average irrigated state <br />yield was 84 bushels/acre while the average non-irrigated yield was <br />29 bushels/acre. About 60 percent of Colorado's harvested barley <br />acreage was irrigated in 1984. Barley is not planted on significant <br />acreage in Southwest Colorado. However,at one time malting barley <br /> <br />was received in Cortez. Malting barley could provide higher returns <br /> <br />than feed barley if sufficient malting barley acreage could be <br />planted to justify receiving station facilities. Areas planted to <br />spring barley in Montezuma and La Plata counties totaled 800 <br />harvested acres in 1984 with about 70 percent grown under irrigation. <br />Crop yield in these counties in 1984 averaged about 72 bushels/acre <br />under irrigation and 26 bushels/acre dryland. <br /> <br />Barley is <br />irrigated <br /> <br />grown as both <br /> <br />and dry land <br /> <br />a winter and summer annual crop <br /> <br />conditions. Even though barley <br /> <br />under <br /> <br />will <br /> <br />withstand substantial dry heat under semi-arid conditions, it grows <br /> <br />6- 20 <br />