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Trends In Water Use In The Upper Midwest, Douglas Franklin, John R. Powers, Ardelle Lundeen
Trends In Water Use In The Upper Midwest, Douglas Franklin, John R. Powers, Ardelle Lundeen
Economics Research Reports
The upper Great Plains and Mountain States of the United States withdraws a substantial quantity of water, exceeding 40 billion gallons of water per day (45 million acre feet of water per year). Primary uses are irrigation, domestic, and industrial. The amount of water used is increasing as population grows, as more users exercise water rights, as farmers implement the use of irrigation to reduce risk, and as the state's economies become more diverse. Within the Upper Midwest there is both geographic and temporal variability of water supply, resulting in various degrees of scarcity relative to the quantities demanded. The …
South Dakota Agricultual Land Values And Rental Rates: 1992, Larry Janssen
South Dakota Agricultual Land Values And Rental Rates: 1992, Larry Janssen
Economics Research Reports
South Dakota's agricultural land values increased 3.4% in 1991, paced by strong increases in farmland values in the north central region. Farmland values declined slightly (-1.1%) in the southeast region, the only region with reported declines. Average agricultural land values (as of February 1, 1992) vary from $533 per acre in the southeast region, to $225 per acre in the central region to $95 per acre in northwest South Dakota. These are key findings from the SDSU 1992 South Dakota Farm Real Estate Market Survey reports. In each region, per acre values are highest for irrigated land, followed in descending …
South Dakota's Rural Roads, Charles E. Lamberton
South Dakota's Rural Roads, Charles E. Lamberton
Economics Research Reports
The rural transportation system consists of a combination of modern, heavy farm machinery, trucks, and personal vehicles driven over earth, gravel and bituminous roads. These roads were often originally designed for use by horse and wagon. The evolution of transportation and agricultural technologies has changed the demands upon the road system and caused this mismatch between original road design and modern vehicles and equipment. Increased farm production and decreased farm numbers are reflected in fewer rural residents who make more trips and carry heavier loads. While the decline in the number of rural residents implies that fewer miles of rural …
South Dakota Cropland And Rangeland Sales: Statewide And Reegional 1971-1987, Larry Janssen
South Dakota Cropland And Rangeland Sales: Statewide And Reegional 1971-1987, Larry Janssen
Economics Research Reports
This report examines statewide and regional trends in agricultural land Use tract size and sale price characteristics of farm real estate tracts sold in South Dakota. Statewide and regional information is presented on characteristics of tracts sold from 1971 through 1983 by their distribution of total. cropland and pasture/rangeland acres. Statewide and regional information is also presented on farm real estate sale price trends from January 1971 through June 1987. Annual price trends are presented for all farmland and by land use classification (mostly cropland. majority cropland and majority pasture/rangeland acres). This information was developed from a computerized data base …
South Dakota Farmland Values And Sale Prices: Long Term And Recent Trends- Statewide, Regional, Selected Counties, Larry Janssen
South Dakota Farmland Values And Sale Prices: Long Term And Recent Trends- Statewide, Regional, Selected Counties, Larry Janssen
Economics Research Reports
This report examines selected agricultural land market trends in South Dakota at the state, regional and county level. Long term trends (1910-1987) in agricultural land values are presented for the state and its substate regions. Recent trends (1975-1987) in South Dakota farm real estate sale prices and related characteristics are presented at the state. region. and. where possible. county levels. This includes annual information for 51 counties in eastern and central regions of South Dakota. Long term agricultural land value data is summarized from U.S. Census of Agriculture reports. Recent data is obtained from analysis of a computerized data base …
Cross- Sectional Modeling Of Agricultural Land Markets- What Can It Tell Us? - South Dakota Case Study Results., Larry Janssen
Cross- Sectional Modeling Of Agricultural Land Markets- What Can It Tell Us? - South Dakota Case Study Results., Larry Janssen
Economics Research Reports
Economists have long been interested in determinants of farmland prices. This interest has been heightened by large and contrasting changes in farmland market prices in the 1970's and 1980's. U.S. nominal farmland prices trended steadily upward from 1940-1972, soared upward 1972-1981 and have been declining since then. Percentage declines have been most severe in the Cornbelt and Northern Plains states (USDA, 1985). Two major econometric approaches (time series and cross-sectional models) have been and continue to be used by economists to analyze farmland price determining factors.
The 1970'S: A Decade Of Growth In South Dakota Irrigation, Donald Taylor
The 1970'S: A Decade Of Growth In South Dakota Irrigation, Donald Taylor
Economics Research Reports
South Dakota ranks twentieth in the nation in its irrigated acreage. Depending on how "irrigation" is defined, South Dakota has between 450,000 and 500,000 acres of irriqated land. About 375,000 acres has been developed under State-issued permits by private individuals and groups. An additional 66,450 acres comprise the Belle Fourche and Angostura Federal Irrigation Projects, although in any one year not all of this land is necessarily irrigated. About 52,300 acres of "dry draw, spreader" irrigation involves the intermittent backing up of water behind dams in small creeks for occasional irrigations by farmers and ranchers in the West River Region. …