Fortunately, the fire seems to be holding on the south end. We haven't had any major, significant acreage growth today. On the north end, we were able to get hand crews in there and do some direct attack.
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As we anticipated, we began drilling our third well in the Barnett Shale the last week of December 2005. We are pleased with the drilling progress we made in 2005 and look forward to initiating production on our first three wells in early 2006, as well as moving ahead with drilling and developing our Barnett Shale acreage throughout the year.
I really want to thank the Save Clover Valley effort. That group is extremely dedicated and they have really called attention to the valley as pristine acreage that should be preserved.
It caught everybody by surprise. As far as we know, none of the delegation members knew about it and we've heard from the national forest managers in Florida that they didn't know about it either. The bottom line is we are certainly opposed to selling off acreage in the Ocala National Forest ostensibly to raise revenue. The administration has raised a huge deficit. It is a 2.5 to 3 trillion budget and selling off acreage on lakes in the Ocala National Forest is not a solution to the budget crisis. The good thing is it is just a proposal so we will have the opportunity in Congress to have it debated and hopefully defeated.
In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.
The most effective step that may be taken to increase the production of these crops is to enlarge the acreage devoted to them in the regions where they are grown habitually.
The vast majority of owners desire this annexation and request R-1 (residential, minimum 1-acre lot size) zoning for the acreage,
We were very committed to making sure that the new park would have more acreage, which it does, would have much more modern facilities and would be better than what's there now.
He wants to consolidate the acreage into one unit and use the land, which is currently zoned R-1, to build up to 300 luxury condos on about 50 of the acres.
Based on current conditions, however, it appears that the soybean prices need to be at a level to discourage a large increase in U.S. acreage in 2006.
The Minden prospect originated this past summer through a large acreage acquisition from a major oil company and Cabot now controls 3,500 acres over the area. We are pleased with our initial results and will remain active in this area throughout 2006. On forty-acre spacing, the prospect has the potential for 80 plus locations.
Corn is the leading food and feed crop of the United States in geographic range of production, acreage, and quantity of product. The vital importance of a large acreage of this crop, properly cared for, therefore, is obvious.
Our belief is you can have low-impact development on the site and develop enough acreage where this could become a real powerful tool to lure high-tech jobs to El Paso and at the same time devote the vast majority of the property to public use.
While modest recovery in net returns is seen for wheat, that will not likely discourage further reduction in wheat acreage.
We groom the most acreage on the planet.