LETTER FROM CAMPBELL TRACTOR

April 22, 2009

From: Terry Maybon
Manager; Campbell Tractor
John Deere Dealer

Re: High voltage lines crosiing agricultural farm ground

It has recently come to our attention the proposal of a 550,000V Transmission line to be ran through much of our valued farm ground in Canyon County.

As one of the leading agricultural businesses in the area, this is of great concern because of the many negative impacts this could be to many of our customers.

One of the greatest areas of concern is the disruption and interruption of the Satellite directed steering systems that are being used to guide/steer most row crop tractors in the proposed area.

This system uses a network of privately owned and "waas" satellites along with a radio frequency to triangulate a signal to sub-inch steering accuracy. Great cost has been invested by growers to seek the efficiency benefits of this system.

In our initial reviews of this concern with the John Deere support group of this division, we have been told there very likely could be distortion or complete interruption of the Satellite portion of the signal being received by the tractor or the RTK base station.

This not only raises issues about lost productivity and investment in the systems but even more so the great Safety Concerns cause by inaccurate or lost steering on a large Farm Tractor.

We are all aware of the huge percentage of commerce that is brought into this valley by our Farmer customers and related agricultural businesses. I hope that those involved in making these decisions will be sensitive to their best interest and seek other alternatives to the placement of this transmission line.

Thank You
Terry Maybon