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<br />. , <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />improved technology, and improved plant varieties. This established <br />trend is expected to continue. Crop yields, irrigated acres, and <br />total crop production by year and by county are reported in the <br />Colorado Agricultural Statistics Annual Reports. That statistical <br />data provided the input to a linear regression formula from which a <br />trend line extending present data to future time periods was constructed. <br />Comparative yields for the two time periods are shown below: <br /> <br />Payment capacity <br />year 1985 <br /> <br />Benefits <br />year 2010 <br /> <br />Item <br /> <br />Irrigated <br /> <br />Nonirrigated <br /> <br />Irrigated <br /> <br />Nonirrigated <br /> <br />Alfalfa (ton/ac) <br />Corn (bu/ac) <br />Corn silage (ton/ac) <br />Sugar beets (ton/ac) <br />\1heat (bu/ac) <br />Sorghum (bu/ac) <br /> <br />4.3 <br />138.0 <br />22.0 <br />22.0 <br /> <br />6.0 <br />182.0 <br />28.0 <br />27.0 <br /> <br />27.0 <br />32.0 <br /> <br />34.0 <br />48.0 <br /> <br />Payment Capacity <br /> <br />Payment capacity is the net farm income available from which the <br />water users will repay water charges. To determine payment capacity, <br />a farm budget was prepared representing a typical irrigated farm. The <br />following tabulation summarizes the results of this farm budget analysis. <br /> <br />Item <br /> <br />Do 11 ars <br /> <br />Gross farm income <br />Farm expenses <br />Net fa rm income <br />Return to labor, management and capital <br />Payment capacity - per farm <br />Payment capacity - per acre-foot - at farm <br /> <br />$81,829 <br />66,712 <br />15,117 <br />8,978 <br />6,139 <br />14.56 <br /> <br />16 <br />