Economic impacts of the Fort Union Coal Project on farms and ranches - Montana and North Dakota. Staff report

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5755995

Wilson, D L; Stewart, C E

Impacts of coal strip mining on agriculture and farm and ranch incomes are estimated for 21 tracts in Montana and North Dakota containing a total of 488 farms and ranches. In Montana, the nine mining tracts studied (143,538 acres) have 113 farms and ranches, and $1,895,000 net income. In North Dakota, the 12 tracts (193,260 acres) have 375 farms and ranches, and $4,600,158 net income. During the peak mining years, the Montana net incomes would drop an average of 13.2 percent, or $2,694 per million tons of coal mined. The North Dakota net incomes would drop an average of 11.7 percent, or $5,823 per million tons mined.

• Research Organization: Economic Research Service, Washington, DC (USA). Natural Resource Economics Div.
• OSTI ID: 5755995
• Report Number(s): PB-83-158667
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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