Special R
eport
No
22
December,
1972
• Four
Corners
Ag
iculture
and
Forest
y
Development Study
Feasibility of Establishing
Alfalfa-Dehydrating Plants
in the Four Corners Economic Development Region
Report to
Four Corners Regional Commission
Ke*'c0
^
3
£58
3.22 ppSS
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
In Cooperation with the Stations of
University of Arizona
Colorado State University
and Utah State University
Feasibility of establishing alfalfa-dehydrating plants
Series Designation
Special Report 22
Table of Contents
Alfalfa as a feed ingredient; Production areas; Present use and supply of alfalfa; Prices paid farmers for alfalfa hay; Sources of information; Alfalfa-dehydrating process; Cost of dehydrating alfalfa; Dehydrated-alfalfa prices; Costs and returns; Management and financing; Investment in alfalfa-dehydrating plant; Number of plants feasible; Employment created; Income; Barriers; Implementation plan
Description
This report evaluates the feasibility of establishing additional alfalfa-dehydrating plants in the Four Corners Economic Development Region as an agricultural development possibility and describes a plan for implementing this possibility.
Subject
alfalfa hay (NAL); drying (NAL); Four Corners Region; statistics (NAL)
Creator
McArthur, J'Wayne; Andersen, Jay C.; Capener, William N. (William Norman), 1925-;
Date Original
1972-12
Digital Publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Rights
Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents.
Collection
NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications
Source
Scan produced from physical item held by the NMSU Library
alfalfa hay (NAL); drying (NAL); Four Corners Region; statistics (NAL)
Creator
McArthur, J'Wayne; Andersen, Jay C.; Capener, William N. (William Norman), 1925-;
Date Original
1972-12
Digital Publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Rights
Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents.
Collection
NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications
Digital Identifier
UAAPS0000220001.tif
Is Part Of
Feasibility of establishing alfalfa-dehydrating plants
Type
Text
Format
image/tiff
Language
eng
OCR
Special R
eport
No
22
December,
1972
• Four
Corners
Ag
iculture
and
Forest
y
Development Study
Feasibility of Establishing
Alfalfa-Dehydrating Plants
in the Four Corners Economic Development Region
Report to
Four Corners Regional Commission
Ke*'c0
^
3
£58
3.22 ppSS
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
In Cooperation with the Stations of
University of Arizona
Colorado State University
and Utah State University
