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Table 2.

Table 2. Total crop year precipitation (October 1 to September 30) and peak total above ground biomass production on loamy overflow and loamy ecological sites on the grazing intensity study from 1989 to 2011.
Year	Precipitation (inches)	Above Ground Biomass (lbs/acre)
Year	Precipitation (inches)	Loamy Overflow	Loamy
1989	18.40	3,863	2,089
1990	16.10	3,847	2,962
1991	12.89	3,142	2,629
1992	15.25	2,758	2,065
1993	26.59	3,999	3,446
1994	16.86	4,201	2,803
1995	22.60	4,773	3,134
1996	20.55	3,837	2,645
1997	18.63	3,351	2,376
1998	18.91	3,334	2,855
1999	26.91	4,338	3,152
2000	15.60	3,950	2,846
2001	18.44	3,569	2,678
2002	16.69	1,850	1,175
2003	15.39	3,128	2,730
2004	21.95	3,676	2,814
2005	15.10	4,390	3,097
2006	16.62	2,450	1,632
2007	22.05	3,948	3,114
2008	14.31	3,126	2,433
2009	19.16	3,285	2,484
2010	28.70	4,241	3,616
2011	25.01	5,366	4,242
23-Year Average	19.25	3,671	2,740

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