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" UNAVOIDABLE LOSSES IN PROIlUCT,,'N iN TAKE AREA AND VIcr.,ln: Loss of 14 500 acrcti o.atiturdand @ $__.~_.................. $ i, 17/+,000 y 1. y 2. Loss of 10 500 acres of riverbottomland @ $ 20 . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . $ 210.000 * 3. Loss of 380 acres of wheatland @ $ 20 .........................$ * 4. 7900 acres of irrigat"d cropland under the joint utie pool: 7,600 (a) loss of dry cropland valuc: 7900 acr"'ti @ $ 20 ...........$ 158,000 ;, (b) loss in agricultural productivity due to transfer of water: 10 % x 58.93 /AF x 2.12 AF/ac x 7900 oc..............$ 98,700 ** 5. 9000 acres of irrigated cropland between ,the take line and the joint use pool line, including 250 acres for RR relocation. BuRec assumes 4000 acres will be removed from production, and 5000 acres will be sharecropped. llel"e we make the assumption that approximately 3200 AF of water will be converted from agricultural to non.-agricultural use. '(See the following page for derails.) Further, we assume that, of the 4000 acres to be removed from production, the water from 1510 acres (approximately 3200 AF--1510 x 2.12) will be used for these non- agricultural purposes, and that the water from the remaining 2490 acres will be transferred out of the take area. (a) loss of irrigated land value: 1510 ac x ($ 20 lac + 2.12 AF/ac x $ 58.93 / AF) . . . . . . . . . . . $ 218.800 (b) * 2490 20 ** loss of dry cropland value: ac @ $ .............. .$ 49,800 * (c) loss in agricultural productivity due to transfer of water: 10 % x $ 58.93 /AF x 2.12 AF/ac x 2490 ac............ $ 31. lOO M, 6. 640 acres of irrigated land outside the take area to be converted to non-irrigated use, because of RR relocation, in addition to acreage included in 5. above. Loss in agricultural productivity due to transfer of water: . 10 % x $ 58.93 ;,* /AF x 2.12 AF/acre x 640 acres..............$ 8,000 7. TOTAL UNAVOIDABLE LOSSES IN PRODUCTION IN TAKE AREA AND VICINITY.....$ 956,000 * represents net annualized value. (Can be approximated by using land rental value, or average purchase price times interest rate.) ** represents the "value" of project water, and can be computed by dividing line 9 on the summary sheet by the amount of project water available. In practice, it is necessary to represcmt this "value" by an unknown, compute 6. above, then compute line 9. on thesumrnary sheet. Dividing this expression by the amount of project water and setting it equal to the unknown r.::sults in a lirear Gquation in one unknown which may then be solved. NOTE: No loss in agricultural production due to the sharecropping arrangement was included. Using current leaseback agreements as a guide, it seems reasonable to assume that agricultural Eroduction will not be significantly affected under such arrangements. In some cases, the farmer may harvest only 2/3 of his' crop, leaving the balance for wildlife food and cover. In other cases, the farmer nlay harvest all of the crop, and'then meet his lease obligation by paying with cash or by r8turning a third of the harvested crop. -3-