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<br />"...I..,." <br /> <br />DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF WATER CURT AILMENT <br /> <br />Estimated results of a 250/0 cut in pump diversions <br />during July and August in the South Platte Basin <br /> <br />PROFIT <br />LEVEL <br /> <br /> <br />100 Bu. <br /> <br />16 Tons <br /> <br />5 Tons <br /> <br />...,..'. <br /> <br />-...,. <br /> <br />,,",m... <br /> <br />W 51.25 <br />N....d..cl <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />rn 515.00 <br />, N....,d..d <br /> <br /> <br />o 520.00 <br />N....d..d <br /> <br />$60,00 <br /> <br />$20,00 <br /> <br />$62,50 <br /> <br />per aue <br />LOSS <br /> <br />per Clue <br />LOSS <br /> <br />perClcre <br />LOSS <br /> <br />Est. <br />12 Tons <br /> <br />Est. <br />4 Tons <br /> <br />Est. <br />50 Bu. <br /> <br />per acre <br />Produced <br /> <br />per acre <br />Produced <br /> <br />per acre <br />Produced <br /> <br />CORN <br /> <br />SUGAR BEETS <br /> <br />ALFALFA <br /> <br />So~".. !>~""Y 01 mOIO' 09"~,,I'~'ol p'od~..." ot Soo'" Plo.... Be..n H",mOn M.II.., II"'''D''~ (O'P <br /> <br />CURRENT COSTS OF PRODUCTION PER ACRE <br /> <br />Corn <br />Beets <br />Hay <br /> <br />Labor <br />524,42 <br />9B.70 <br />29,20 <br /> <br />Fuel <br />513,21 <br />29,90 <br />11.90 <br /> <br />Fertilizer Intere~1 & <br />& Chemicols Depreciation <br />543,36 517,56 <br />54.04 28.80 <br />19.08 14.04 <br /> <br />Land <br />Cost <br />521.00 <br />21.00 <br />21. 00 <br /> <br />Mise. <br />5 707 <br />21.00 <br />4.72 <br /> <br />TOlal <br />5125.81 <br />240.67 <br />106,15 <br /> <br />Today, farmers in the South Platte Basin are growing approximately 250,000 <br />acres of corn, 100,000 acres of beets and 250,000 acres of irrigated hay. <br /> <br />ASSUMING THAT ONLY ONE.HALF OF THESE ACRES WERE AFFECTED BY WELL <br />RESTRICTIONS, LOSSES ARE ESTIMATED AT $14,312,500 IN ONLY ONE YEAR WITH <br />A 25% REDUCTION IN PUMP USAGE, THIS ESTIMATE DOES NOT INCLUDE lOSSES <br />THAT WOULD OCCUR IN OTHER CROPS SUCH AS SMALL GRAINS, BEANS OR <br />POTATOES, <br /> <br />Pog..1l <br />