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<br />SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES <br /> <br />for the <br /> <br />WELL TON-MOHAWK ON-FARM IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br /> <br />Annualized Adverse NED Effects <br /> <br />b. Well ton-Mohawk On-Farm Irrigation Improvement Program <br /> <br />An estimated average annual per acre value of 519 times <br />48,195 acres with applied conservation 5 <br />Rounding to nearest 51,000 S <br /> <br />915,705 <br />916,000 <br /> <br />3. Annualfzed Adverse NED effects <br /> <br />a. Wellton-Mohawk On-Farm Irrigation Improvement Program <br /> <br />s <br /> <br />3,534,000 <br /> <br />b. Estimated average annual cost/acre <br /> <br />s <br /> <br />73 <br /> <br />Footnotes - Annualized Adverse NED Effects <br /> <br />II National Bulletin No. 200-7-3 of 4/22/87 - annualized at 8.875 percent <br />for 50 years. <br /> <br />~/ The estimated future average annual per acre costs for SCS on-going <br />technical assistance and farmer financial expenditures were computed <br />by the following technique of assumptions and calculations. <br /> <br />a. Conservation cropping sequence is an acceptable method of growing crops <br />to provide protection for soil, water and plant resources. It is applied <br />to improve or maintain good soil physical condition, balance the use of <br />plant nutrients and increase biological activities in the soil. Examples <br />are reduced erosion, beneficial water and air movement within the root <br />zone and breaking the reproduction cycles of weeds or plant pests. <br /> <br />The normal acceptable conservation cropping sequences with cotton are; (I) <br />cotton - one year, small grain - one year (2) cotton - one year, small <br />grain - one year and vegetables - one year (3) cotton double cropped with <br />small grains and (4) cotton - two years, alfalfa - three years. The <br />operation and maintenance costs for conservation cropping sequence include <br />time for planning and adjusting crop rotations based on evaluated soil and <br />associated conditions. These costs are estimated to be one dollar per <br />acre annually. <br /> <br />-24- <br />