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EXHIBIT J—Vegetation Information <br /> The Koskie site is combination of native grasses and crops that have been dry land farmed,usually as winter wheat and <br /> sudangrass. The site planned for gravel excavation and processing has not been irrigated. The pre-mining land use is <br /> non-irrigated cropland. The perimeter of the fields (approximately 15 feet from fence lines) can be classified as <br /> rangeland since it is vegetated with a native grass. The landowner currently follows a rotation of planting 1/3 of the <br /> mining area with winter wheat, 1/3 of the mining area with sudangrass(sorghum),and 1/3 of the mining are is left in <br /> summer fallow. According to crop insurance records provided by the landowner, the average yield for the period <br /> between 2004 and 2013 for winter wheat was 15 bushels/ac. The average yield for the sudangrass during the same <br /> period was 1 to 2 tons/ac for use as cattle feed.No trees are present on the Koskie site. <br /> The area of the site that is dry land farmed coincides with the Cascajo gravelly sandy loam and Nunn loam soils. For <br /> soil types and topography, see Exhibit C2. <br />