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<br />TABLE 6.1. SELECTED BASELINE PROJECTIONS OF STATE LP MODELS
<br /> Base Year 1985 1990 2000 2020
<br />Colorado (Base Year: 1979)
<br />I rrigated Acreage 599,200 561,600 529,100 501,200 364,400
<br />Water Used for Irrigation
<br />(acre-feet) 1,148,210 1,076,900 1,005,050 965,150 656,050
<br />Water Used for Irrigation
<br />(acre-feet) per Irrigated
<br />Acre 1.92 1.92 1.90 1.93 1.BO
<br />Energy USed for Irrigation
<br />(MBtuls) 5,570,ll;!;3 5,263,966 4,611,211 4,290,675 2,429,657
<br />MBtu per I rrigated Acre 9.30 9.37 8.72 8.56 6.67
<br />Value of Production
<br />(1979 dollClrs) 321,000,000 :no ,400 I 000 395,800,000 450,600,000 464,000,000
<br />Returns to Land and
<br />Managemem (1979 dollars) 105,267,000 110,000(000 106,140,000 142,114,000 lB7,B07,000
<br />Returns to Land and
<br />Management as a Per Cent
<br />of Value of Production 32.79 29.70 26.B2 31.54 40.48
<br />Kansas (Base Year: 1977)
<br />Total AcrE:ls 6,148,722 6(792,902 6,;;59,B19 6,801,552 7,02B,754
<br />Dryland Acres 3,967,204 5,008,454 5,471,589 6,043,645 6,450,345
<br />Irrigated Acres 2,181,518 1,784,448 1,088,230 757,907 578,409
<br />Water Used for Irrigation
<br />(acre-feet) 3,281,003 2,591,616 1,539,165 1,013,489 B36,814
<br />Water Used for I rrlgatlon
<br />(acre-feet) per Irrigated
<br />Acre 1.50 1.45 1.41 1.34 1.43
<br />Energy Used for Irrigation
<br />(MBtu's) 10,769,802 12,581,431 5,951,828 4,015,055 3,877,408
<br />MBtu per Irrigated Acre 7.69 7.05 5.47 5.30 6.70
<br />Value of \=lroduction
<br />(1977 dollars) 657,230,398 B5B,29B,593 804,927,740 935,468,454 1,262,470,600
<br />Returns to Land and
<br />Management (1977 dollars) 207,709,830 314,472,394 379,890,739 551,287,553 855,818,501
<br />Returns to Land and
<br />Management as a Per Cent
<br />of Value of Production 31.60 36.64 47.20 5B.93 67.79
<br />Energy Cost for 1 rrigation
<br />(1977 dollars) 24,271,4B4 46,112,697 31,896,725 22,017 ,817 20,96B,417
<br />A verage Energy Cost
<br />(1977 dollars/MBtu) 1.45 3.67 5.36 5.48 5.41
<br />Energy Cost as a Per Cent
<br />of Value of Production 3.69 5.37 3.96 2.35 1.66
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