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<br />TABLE 6-1 (Continued). SELECTED BASELINE PROJECTIONS OF STATE LP MODELS
<br /> Base Year 1985 1990 2000 2020
<br />Nebraska (Base Year: 1977)
<br />I rrigated Acreage 4,698,014 6,746,074 7,864,393 9,818,026 11,468,362
<br />Water Used for Irrigation
<br />(acre-feet) 7/834,163 10,217 ,584 11,354,232 12,967,376 14,799,164
<br />Energy Used for Irrigation
<br />(MBtu's) 30,467,269 39,593,011 40,986,830 48,482,170 58,361,665
<br />Water Used for J rrigation
<br />(acre-feet) per Irrigated
<br />Acre 1.67 1.51 1.44 1.32 1.29
<br />MBtu per 1 rrigated Acre 6.49 5.87 5.21 4.94 5.09
<br />Value of Production
<br />(1977 dollars) 1,824,638,082 3,147,898,696 3,771,234,114 5,089,922,387 6,835,930,238
<br />Returns to land and
<br />Management (1917 dollars) 609,303,694 1,234,948,320 1,409/022,230 2/169,861,474 3,154,982,875
<br />Returns to Land and
<br />Management as a Per Cent
<br />of Value of Production 33.39 39.23 37.36 42.63 46.15
<br />Energy Cost for Irrigation
<br />(1977 dollars) N.A. 254,206,223 296,352,426 391,543,117 548,812,329
<br />Average Energy Cost
<br />(1977 dollars/MBtu) N.A. 6.42 7.23 8.08 9.40
<br />Energy Cost as B Per Cent
<br />of Value of Production N.A. 8.08 7.86 7.69 8.03
<br />New Mexico (Base Year: 1977)
<br />Total Acres 945,477 955,270 960,805 970,832 976,343
<br />Dryland Acres 504,660 510,818 546,881 616,348 729,104
<br />I rrigated Acres> 440,817 444,452 413,924 334,484 247,238
<br />Water Used for irrigation
<br />(acre-feet) 963,479 998,189 942,252 826,515 554,399
<br />Water Used for Irrigation
<br />(acre-feet) per Irrigated
<br />Acre 2.19 2.25 2.28 2.47 2.24
<br />Energy Used -for Irrigation
<br />(MBtu's) 7,956,687 4,094(649 3,165,541 1,999,440 1,452,650
<br />MBtu per I rrigated Acre 18.05 9.21 7.65 5.98 5.88
<br />Value of Production
<br />(1977 dollars) 124,466,013 185,482,407 193,799,639 210,727,223 222,273,795
<br />Returns to Land and
<br />Management (1977 dollars) 26,138,185 58,628,769 65,964,197 88,430,209 116,179,709
<br />Returns to Land and
<br />Management as a Per Cent
<br />of Value of Production 21.00 31.61 34.04 41.96 52.27
<br />Energy Cost for Irrigation
<br />(1977 dollars) 16,374,879 21,644,501 24,077,867 21,050,643 14,782,100
<br />A verage Energy Cost
<br />(1977 dollars/MBW) 2.06 5.29 7.61 10.53 10.18
<br />Energy Cost as a Per Cent
<br />of Value of Production 13.16 11.67 12.42 9.99 6.65
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