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2.04.9 - Soil Resource Information) within the study area. Slopes range 1 to 4 percent with a <br />small area of slopes up to 6 percent. Results are summarized in Table 2.04.10 -18 <br />The Morgan property has three hayland fields. The first field of 21 acres is currently raising <br />alfalfa. The field has been furrowed and is supplied water via gated irrigation pipe. Morgan <br />manages the alfalfa by plowing it up every 5 to 7 years. The field is disked and furrowed. The <br />field is then fertilized and planted to alfalfa. Each year the furrows are cleaned to insure the <br />proper flow of irrigation water. The field yielded 2,034 bales on first cutting in 1999 with and <br />average bale weight of 88 lb/bale. The production for this field was 178,992 pounds (2,034 <br />bales X 88 lb/bale) or 8,523 lb/acre. The second Morgan hayland field of 28 acres is a mixture <br />of grasses and forbs with approximately 10 to 15 percent alfalfa. The field was not irrigated <br />this year and white tail prairie dogs have invaded about 1/8 of the field. Further cattle grazed <br />the field from late winter into the growing season. Morgan was going to renovate the field but <br />did not have the time this year. Morgan mowed and baled the field to reduce annual weeds <br />and allow for future operations. The field yielded 394 bales on first cutting with an average bale <br />weight of 81 lb/bale. The production for this field was 31,914 pounds (394 bales X 81 lb/bale) <br />or 1,140 lb/acre. The third field on the Morgan property was a small sub - irrigated 1 acre parcel <br />of grass and forbs. The field yielded 21 bales on first cutting with an average bale weight of 87 <br />lb/bale. The production for this field was 1,827 pounds (21 bales X 87 lb/bale) or 1,827 lb/acre. <br />Johnson's property has two hayland fields that yielded similar production. The first pasture 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 lb/bale. The production for this field was 88,064 pounds (1024 bales <br />X 86 lb/bale) or 4,403 lb/acre (2.2 tons /acre). The second field on the southern part of the <br />property is 11 acres in size. The field 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 lb/bale. The <br />production for this field was 43,428 pounds (517 bales X 84 lb/bale) or 3,948 lb/acre (1.97 <br />tons /acre). <br />Morgan plans a second cutting of alfalfa. Neither Johnson or Morgan plan a second cutting of <br />their grass hay and neither property owner remember previous years yields as both indicated <br />"they get what they get and stack it up ". <br />Revised September 2010 (PR 06) 2.04.10 -60 <br />