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May 28 15 07:59p Joellen 9708647682 p.4 <br />But, using cropland as the rate, it was way way high. <br />There is no cropland in this AREA or any other AREA in <br />Colorado that is of record that produces 4.5 ton per acre <br />first cutting. So, Ross Gubka went around to each and <br />EVERY farmer in this area and got their production rates <br />for first cutting, INCLUDING Mel Staats signed letter <br />included. The production rate was submitted to the State <br />based on NORMAL HUSBADRY practices and reduced <br />to 1.5 ton per acre first cutting. The State had never dealt <br />with all these types of individual farms and farmers. All <br />of them different. This was the only mine in the State <br />that had so many different things to take into <br />consideration and all the rules should have been read but <br />were not. The rules also require THREE consecutive <br />years, so then it was messed up again. The normal <br />husbandry practices around here also do soil sampling <br />and put the amount expected for production and <br />FERTILIZE according to what is needed for EACH farm. <br />The state would not allow that and I put on fertilizer 100 <br />pounds per acre of 18/46 which is very very, minimal, as <br />low as the fertilizer trailer can run. We were dealing with <br />state and nine people that had never farmed a day in their <br />lives and di not know ONE rule. So, mistakes were made <br />again and again. They then acquired a reference area by <br />another revision. In this revision, they must submit X <br />amount of samples such as 33. They paid a veg company <br />25,000 to come out and do this study but they only did 31 <br />