The Use of Weather Data and Evapotranspiration Requirements to Estimate the Marginal Value Product of Irrigation and the Profit Maximizing Irrigation Level for Corn in the Texas Panhandle

The declining availability of irrigation water from the Ogallala aquifer combined with increasing energy costs make irrigation strategies much more critical. Maximizing yield reduces profit by between $22 and $158 per acre depending on the combination of corn and natural gas prices.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Colette, W. Arden ; Almas, Lal K. ; Robinson, Clay
Institutions:	Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA
Subject:	corn \| irrigation efficiency \| water response function \| evapotranspiration \| Crop Production/Industries \| Land Economics/Use \| Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas Number 6757
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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