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• <br />• <br />northwest of BB and 2700 Road has been used only for irrigated pasture in the last several years. <br />These fields generally occur on soil map units 98D and 98E (NHM 2.04.9 -Soil Resource <br />Information) within the study area. Slopes range 1 to 4 percent with a small area of slopes up to 6 <br />percent. Results are summarized in Table 2.04.10-18. <br />Morgan property has three hayland fields. The first field of 21 acres is currently raising alfalfa. The <br />field has been furrowed and is supplied water via gated irrigation pipe. Morgan manages the <br />alfalfa by plowing it up every 5 to 7 years. The field is disked and furrowed. The field is then <br />fertilized and planted to alfalfa. Each year the furrows are cleaned to insure the proper flow of <br />irrigation water. The field yielded 2,034 bales on first cutting in 1999 with and average bale weight <br />of 88 Ib/bale. The production for this field was 178,992 pounds (2,034 bales X 88 Iblbale) or 8,523 <br />Ib/acre. The second Morgan hayland field of 28 acres is a mixture of grasses and forbs with <br />approximately 10 to 15 percent alfalfa. The field was not irrigated this year and white tail prairie <br />dogs have invaded about 1/8 of the field. Further cattle grazed the field from late winter into the <br />growing season. Morgan was going to renovate the field but did not have the time this year. <br />Morgan mowed and baled the field to reduce annual weeds and allow for future operations. The <br />field yielded 394 bales on first cutting with an average bale weight of 81 Ib/bale. The production for <br />this field was 31,914 pounds (394 bales X 81 Ib/bale) or 1,140 Ib/acre. The third field on the <br />Morgan property was a small sub-irrigated 1 acre parcel of grass and forbs. The field yielded 21 <br />bales on first cutting with an average bale weight of 87 Iblbale. The production for this field was <br />1,827 pounds (21 bales X 87 Iblbale) or 1,827 Ib/acre. <br />Johnson's property has two hayland fields that yielded similar production. The first pature on the <br />western portion of the property is 20 acres in size. The field is primarily grasses and forbs with <br />approximately 5 percent alfalfa. The field yielded 1,024 bales on the first cutting with an average <br />bale weight of 86 Ib/bale. The production for this field was 88,064 pounds (1024 bales X 86 <br />Ib/bale) or 4,403 Ib/acre (2.2 tons/acre). The second field on the southern part of the property is <br />11 acres in size. The field is primarily grass and forbs with about 5 percent alfalfa. The field <br />yielded 517 bales on the first cutting with an average bale weight of 84 Ib/bale. The production for <br />this field was 43,428 pounds (517 bales X 84 Iblbale) or 3,948 Iblacre (1.97 tonslacre). <br />• (REVISED 8/15!00) 2.04.10 - 56 <br />