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Committee members from agriculture responded with answers from 5 to 50 <br />acres because of Ghe diversity of agricultural endeavors. Parcels as <br />small as 5 acres are considered useable for organic farms if the soil <br />is htgh quality, but as much as &O acres are necessary for adequate <br />seperation of seed ~rops and 50 acres are necessary for livestock~ As <br />with forest operations, Ghere are economies of scale associa[ed with <br />each agricultural use~ <br /> <br />Mark M~ 40 acres for the following reasons respective to grass seed & wheat: - Crop variety isolation (conflict w/ other variety of grass seed).. <br /> <br /> ~ Need certain zinimum acreage Go grow grass seed~ <br /> if acreage becomes Goo small it becomes impossible ~o raise <br /> certified seed~ <br /> - Cos~ of movin~ equipment~ <br /> <br />Tom $. 15 acres for ~he following reasons: - Smallest you can go and have neighbors. <br /> - Conflicts of moving equipment, moving your practices~ moving your <br /> mana~emen~ moving your ~rrigation. <br /> - Conflicts v/ neighbor,s tres~pass. <br /> <br />B~ce W. 20 acres for the following reasons: - Equipmen~ expenses. <br /> Travel ~ime. <br /> - Increased labor costs. <br /> <br />Ross P~ <br /> <br /> 12 acres for the following reasons: <br />- Profitablity~ <br />- Plus other reasons already mentioned. <br />- Ability ~o spray affectin¢ profitability and litigation. <br /> <br />Cleve D. <br /> <br />50 acres for ~he following reasons respecGive to !ives~ock: <br />When you ge~ away from home you have greater management costs. <br />Need ~ar~ enough unit ~o be able Go afford to ex~ra ~ravel. <br />Dogs harrassinE lives[ock~ <br /> <br />John H~ 5 acres for ~he folloving reasons respective ~o organic farms: - Not using chemicals~ <br /> Using ve~ little fertilizer. <br /> - If the proper~y has good rich soil. <br /> <br />Page t ~-~BIT O <br /> <br /> <br />