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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'"' <br />a <br />"l <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />V~. n U' Cl <br />v ,j <br /> <br />Benefit analysis crop distribution <br /> <br />Irri!1;ated crops <br /> <br />Distribution (percent) <br /> <br />Alfalfa <br />Corn <br />Sugar beets <br /> <br />31 <br />47 <br />22 <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />100 <br /> <br />Prices Received and Paid by Farmers <br /> <br />The Water Resources Council's "Agricultural Price Standards," guide- <br /> <br />line 2, October 1976, were used in this analysis. These price standards <br /> <br />represent current normalized prices for short-term fluctuations. Prices <br /> <br />not given in the price standards were taken from local primary and <br /> <br />secondary sources and adjusted by the appropriate indices. Price~ for <br /> <br />types and classes of livestock were developed from data supplied by the <br /> <br />Agricultural Marketing Service, Greeley,Colorado. Prices received by <br /> <br />farmers for crops and livestock used in. the analyses are listed below: <br /> <br />Item <br /> <br />Prices <br /> <br />Corn (bushel) <br />Alfalfa (ton) <br />Sugar beets (ton) <br />Wheat (bushel) <br />Sorghum (bushel) <br />Cattle (cwt) <br /> <br />$2.62 <br />51.14 <br />34.79 <br />3.32 <br />2.32 <br />41.05 <br /> <br />The following list of items shows some of the representative cost <br /> <br />items used for production of crops and livestock in ~ the . .""J -",: <br />.z <br />~ benefit analys~s. <br />