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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />001533 <br /> <br />contours of the parcel were incorporated in the agricultural <br />engineering analysis conducted by Boyle Engineering. <br />4.0 Farm Efficiency Adjustments <br />The Level A analysis crop budgets assume farm efficiencies equal <br />to that of a contiguous 1016 acre operation. That is, it was assumed. <br />that at least 1016 acres could be farmed using one equipment <br />complement stored in a central equipment warehouse without excessive <br />transportation costs, In the Level B economic analysis, two types of <br />farm efficiency adjustments were made for certain parcels. The first <br />adjustment was for economies of scale where there were fewer than 600 <br />acres of current or newly irrigated new acreage that could be farmed <br />as one unit. The 600 acre cutoff figure was used because economies of <br />scale decline rather steeply below this point. <br />A second type of adjustment for some parcels involved <br />transportation costs for on-farm equipment, These adjustments were <br />made in cases where isolated parcels could not be easily served out of <br />a central equipment warehouse. In cases where individual parcels were <br />more than five miles from the assumed location of a central equipment <br />warehouse, an additional transportation charge was incorporated for <br />transporting equipment to and from a central location. The effects of <br />these adjustments on the parcels identified as preliminary PIA in the <br />Animas and Florida Watersheds are given in the following sections, <br />5.0 Results of Level B Analysis for Animas and Florida Watersheds <br />Boyle Engineering's Task D and E Report for the Animas and <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />t <br />. <br />