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• northwest of BB and 2700 Road has been used only for irrigated pasture in the last several <br />years. These fields generally occur on soil map units 98D and 98E (NHM 2.04.9 -Soil <br />Resource Information) within the study area. Slopes range 1 to 4 percent with a small area of <br />slopes up to 6 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. <br />The field has been furrowed and is supplied water via gated irrigation pipe. Morgan manages <br />the alfalfa by plowing it up every 5 to 7 years. The feld 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 <br />weight of 88 Ib/bale. The production for this field was 178,992 pounds (2,034 bales X 88 <br />Ib/bale) or 8,523 Ib/acre. The second Morgan hayland field of 28 acres is a mixture of grasses <br />and forbs with approximately 10 to 15 percent alfalfa. The field was not irrigated this year and <br />white tail prairie dogs have invaded about 1/8 of the field. Further cattle grazed the feld from <br />late winter into the growing season. Morgan was going to renovate the field but did not have <br />the time this year. Morgan mowed and baled the field to reduce annual weeds and allow for <br />future operations. The field yielded 394 bales on first cutting with an average bale weight of 81 <br />• Ib/bale. The production for this field was 31,914 pounds (394 bales X 81 Ib/bale) or 1,140 <br />Ib/acre. The third field on the Morgan property was a small sub-irrigated 1 acre parcel of grass <br />and forbs. The field yielded 21 bales on first cutting with an average bale weight of 87 Ib/bale. <br />The production for this field was 1,827 pounds (21 bales X 87 Ib/bale) or 1,827 Ib/acre. <br />Johnson's property has two hayland fields that yielded similar production. The first pature on <br />the western portion of the property is 20 acres in size. The field is primarily grasses and forbs <br />with approximately 5 percent alfalfa, The field yielded 1,024 bales on the first cutting with an <br />average bale weight of 86 Ib/bale. The production for this field was 88,064 pounds (1024 bales <br />X 86 Ib/bale) or 4,403 Ib/acre (2.2 tons/acre). The second field on the southern part of the <br />property is 11 acres in size. The Feld is primarily grass and forbs with about 5 percent alfalfa. <br />The field yielded 517 bales on the first cutting with an average bale weight of 84 Ib/bale. The <br />production for this feld was 43,428 pounds (517 bales X 84 Ib/bale) or 3,948 Ib/acre (1.97 <br />tons/acre). <br />(REVISED 9/99) 2.04.10 - 63 <br />