Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-1986

Keywords

irrigation, rural electric, electric rates

Abstract

This is the first in a series of five Economics Department reports on a research project. "The Economic Impact of Alternative Electric Rate Structures on Ener~y and Water Use". sponsored by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Supplemental funding for the research was provided by the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). Golden. Colorado. The purpose of this report is to present the irrigated and dryland crop and livestock budgets and other basic-data sets developed for use in the study. The sources of underlying information and procedures for developing the various data sets are indicated. Emphasis is placed on describing what the data-sets are and how they were developed. Only occasionally is the underlying rationale for adopted procedures indicated.

Comments

Economics Research Report 86-1

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