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Twenty-two farmers in the Oakley Fan area of Southern Idaho were interviewed in 1966 and 1967 to determine information about the present irrigation practices and costs of water in the area. All farms were irrigated by gravity methods and received water from deep wells. Interviews with businesses in the area yielded cost information. Guide lines as to how high irrigation water could be economically lifted were developed. Concurrent research by the Department of Agricultural Economics of the University of Idaho provided data on how much money would be available to pay for water. Two hundred, 400, and 600-acre farms were analyzed at irrigation efficiency levels of 50, 55, 60, and 65 percent. The farms were analyzed using differing numbers of wells. The 200-acre farm was the most restrictive because per acre returns were the lowest of the farms analyzed. Average conditions for a ZOO-acre farm showed water being delivered from one well at an irrigation efficiency of 55 percent. The economic maximum lift for this system was 389 feet. The economic maximum lift was 679 feet on a 400-acre farm with two wells and an irrigation efficiency of 55 percent. The economic maximum lift on a 600-acre farm with three wells and an irrigation efficiency of 55 percent was 767 feet.

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Title:
A cost analysis of pumping from irrigation wells in Cassia County, Idaho
Authors:
Haynes, Robert George
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1969-01
Description:
Twenty-two farmers in the Oakley Fan area of Southern Idaho were interviewed in 1966 and 1967 to determine information about the present irrigation practices and costs of water in the area. All farms were irrigated by gravity methods and received water from deep wells. Interviews with businesses in the area yielded cost information. Guide lines as to how high irrigation water could be economically lifted were developed. Concurrent research by the Department of Agricultural Economics of the University of Idaho provided data on how much money would be available to pay for water. Two hundred, 400, and 600-acre farms were analyzed at irrigation efficiency levels of 50, 55, 60, and 65 percent. The farms were analyzed using differing numbers of wells. The 200-acre farm was the most restrictive because per acre returns were the lowest of the farms analyzed. Average conditions for a ZOO-acre farm showed water being delivered from one well at an irrigation efficiency of 55 percent. The economic maximum lift for this system was 389 feet. The economic maximum lift was 679 feet on a 400-acre farm with two wells and an irrigation efficiency of 55 percent. The economic maximum lift on a 600-acre farm with three wells and an irrigation efficiency of 55 percent was 767 feet.
Subjects:
water costs irrigation practices cost-benefit ratio
Location:
Cassia County
Latitude:
42.42
Longitude:
-113.55
Collection:
Boise Basin
IWRRI number:
196908
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
wbv
Date Digitized:
2012

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"A cost analysis of pumping from irrigation wells in Cassia County, Idaho", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-196908.html
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Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
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