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Show Ag. Development Program Funded Again for Grand and San Juan The Kiuir turners Regional Commission's Chief Program Administrator. Admin-istrator. Carl Larson, has approved the grant necessary to continue the Grand and San Juan Counties Agricultural Development Program into Phase II. High value horticultural crops w ere planted in six demonstration dem-onstration plots early in 1972. Various varieties of stone fruit, apples, and grapes were started and each plot is equipped equip-ped with a modern irrigation irr-igation system. The Southeastern Utah Ut-ah Economic Develvp-ment Develvp-ment District Office in Price administered Phase I of the Project at the request of the combined Grand and San Juan Counties Water Conseraney Districts. Phase II will be administered admin-istered through the same office utilizing the services of Schick International In-ternational Agricultural Consultants. The Agricultural Agri-cultural Consultants be came involved with the area's farm problems in 1971 doing an agricultural, agricul-tural, reconnaissance in obligation on the Mill Creek Project in Grand County and is presently conducting the agricultural agricul-tural feasibilin investigations inves-tigations in relation to the proposed dams on Recapture Creek and Cottonwood Wash in San Juan County. Phase II of the Agricultural Ag-ricultural Development Program will consist of further expansion of the six demonstration plots and a detailed marketing market-ing study to determine a suitable method of disposing dis-posing of horticultural crops from the area if thev were produced in commercial quantities. Potential acreages of horticultural crops is contingent upon the successful completion of a dam on Mill Creek in Grand County and a pump irrigation project near Bluff in San Juan County. The combined projects in the two areas have in excess of 7,000 acres suitable for high value horticultural crops. This Development Program is a fresh approach app-roach to further development devel-opment of the area's agricultural resources and economy. Investigations Investig-ations completed on individual in-dividual projects have encouraged planners to intensify their efforts and to develop a combined com-bined program for both counties. Increased opportunities for employment em-ployment is a vital consideration con-sideration in the Phase II Program, recognizing the supplv of skilled and semi-skilled labor available av-ailable in the area. |