Morrill, NEScotts Bluff County

Location: 1½ mile north of Morrill, NE on the east side of county road 8

Legal Description: S1/2 of NW1/4 of Section 3, Township 23 North, Range 57 West of 6th P.M., Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

Taxes: 2008 Real Estate Taxes – $1363 on 80 tax assessed acres.

FSA Info: Scotts Bluff county farm number 4096, tract #11096 with total cropland of 76.8 acres. The direct and counter cyclical payments in 2008 were $1,010. The base acres and yields for this farm are 39.7 acres corn base with a CC Yield of 131 bushel.

Irrigation Well: Nebraska registration number A-009083. The original well was drilled in 1940. The well was replaced and relocated in 2005. The turbine pump, motor and all electrical parts were installed new in 2005 when the well was replaced. The pump depth is 40 feet and the static water level is approximately 30 feet. When the well was test pumped in 2005, it pumped 1,140 gpm. The well is now set to pump 800 gpm with a 15 HP electric motor and is certified to irrigate 76.8 acres with 2009 allocation of 18 inches per acre. The well output is pumped underground to a centrally located irrigation ditch, so well water can be run to any location on the farm. This property is located in the North Platte Natural Resources District.

Surface Water Rights: Surface water is provided by the Pathfinder Irrigation district. This farm has 76 acres of water rights with 2009 assessment of $26 per acre

Irrigation Equipment: Approximately 1,300 feet of 10” plastic gated pipe

Price: $179,000

Comments: This is a very productive farm with plenty of water and a very strong well. The entire farm is currently planted to alfalfa. A center pivot could easily be installed on the north side of the farm that could be run off either well or ditch water.