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<br />WHY FULL PRODUCTION IS A MUST <br /> <br />FARM INCOME - ST A TE OF COLORADO .' <br />1950.1970 Trends .' <br /> I .' <br /> .' <br /> / <br /> / <br /> /" <br />Realized Gross Form Income ,/ <br /> \I I <br />..... /" <br />"- ,/ Form Production Expenses <br />10.. <br />.......... ....... <br /> Realized Net Income <br /> <br />1950 <br /> <br />1955 <br /> <br />1960 <br /> <br />1965 <br /> <br />1970 <br /> <br />5<>1"<~\ ("I".od" ('Or> o~d l"~",,,. II~PO'''"9 5.."".. \)504 and ("Ie'"do O<'I>,,"m..nl 01 Ag,,<ullv,.. <br /> <br />1400 <br />1200 <br />1000 <br /> . <br /> " <br /> 0 <br />800 .. <br /> 0 <br /> - <br /> 0 <br />600 . <br />< <br /> ,2 <br /> ~ <br />400 <br />200 <br /> <br />Formers in Colorado will spend more than $1 BILLION to produce the 1971 crop. All of <br />this money is fed directly into the economy in the form of wages and purchases of <br />mochinery, chemicals, rubber products., petroleum, fertilizer and other supplies. <br /> <br />The chart above illustrates why the farmer, with little control over either <br />costs of production or the price of his product, IS forced to get top <br />production to keep up with rapidly rising costs. <br /> <br />Property taxes for the support of eJucation and local government ore 0 fixed cost <br />that has now risen to on estimated 550 million annually. <br /> <br />'og..8 <br />