MLRA 72 - Central High Tableland Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska 77,220 km2 (29,810 mi2)

Land Use:
Nearly all this area is in farms and ranches, and three-fifths or more is cropland. This is a major dryfarming area. Winter wheat is the main cash crop, but large acreages are planted to other small grains, grain sorghum, alfalfa, and other hay crops. Many crops are grown on the narrow bands of irrigated land along the Platte, Republican, and Arkansas Rivers. Corn, grain sorghum, and sugar beets are grown extensively on the nearly level uplands where ground water is used for irrigation. One-third or more of the area, consisting of hilly and steep slopes bordering drainageways, is in native grasses and shrubs used for grazing.

12/16/98