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Draw are not intensively managed because of more productive and easier managed fields <br />south of Calamity Draw, and an already adequate hay base provided from these latter fields. <br />Staats' fields which were included in this study are not fertilized on a regular basis, irrigation <br />water application is not consistent during the growing season, and the fields are grazed during <br />the non - growing season. This reflects management during the last several years. A portion of <br />Garvey's hay fields were renovated in 1986 and herbicides were applied to control persistent <br />perennial weeds such as Canada thistle and quackgrass. The fields have not been fertilized <br />for several years, some areas of shallow or boggy soils occur in part of the fields, alfalfa <br />composition in some of the older fields is low, and the hay fields were grazed during the winter <br />and into the early growing season. These factors all combined to reduce production below the <br />potential in Garvey's fields. <br />In summarizing the type, varying site characteristics, individual management objectives, II <br />applied management, and number of cuttings, result in wide ranges in production for the type. <br />Based on the 1987 field data collection, only one operator at this time manages for sustained <br />production during the growing season that approaches the potential of the site. <br />(Revised October 2009) 2.04.10-46 <br />