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Improvements on Roundaway Plantation
(23) twenty-three irrigation wells with risers (water outlets) and 80 psi PVC underground lines (most wells have been overhauled and restored during the past 7 years); amounts to at least $12,000 per well
$ 276,000
(5) five grain storage tanks with loading and unloading augers; all grain bins are equipped with stirring devices, butane gas heaters, and fans to dry rice or other grains with a holding capacity of 72,000 bushels @ $2.00 per bushel
$ 144,000
(1) one large grain storage tank with butane gas heater and fan with a grain holding capacity of 32,000 bushels @ $2.00 per bushel
$ 64,000
(1) one large repair shop
$ 40,000
(1) one enclosed metal building to store seed, power units, trucks, etc.
$ 30,000
(2) two trailer homes for labor @ $3,000 per trailer home
$ 6,000
(1) one nice farm home, with storage building and outside office
$ 140,000
(1) one wooden storage building with concrete floor
$ 10,000
(1) one artesian well with water holding tank (good drinking water for all buildings and neighbor home); pumping cost and maintenance are shared with neighbor
$ 10,000
396.2 acres land has been formed the conventional way with some side slope for flood and furrow irrigation; this land was further optimized and corrected to be able to take advantage of Clearfield Rice and its herbicide counterpart Newpath; an average of 550 cubic yards of soil per acre had to be moved to achieve the required grade at a cost of $0.75 per cubic yard (this includes ditches and drain pipes)
$ 163,432
1,713.4 acres land has been precision land formed with straight levees (no side slope) for flood and furrow irrigation; an average of 750 cubic yards of soil per acre had to be moved to achieve a 1.5% even grade (fall in one direction) at a cost of $0.75 per cubic yard (this includes drainage ditches and drain pipes)
$ 963,787
Total Value of Improvements Placed / Invested into the Land
$1,847,219

From April 1997 through May 2004 the owner invested an average of $680 per acre of improvements on this land in order to achieve top production of rice and irrigated soybeans.

 
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