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.
Title
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
Issue Date
2008
Publication Type
Conference Paper/ Presentation
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/6757
PURL Identifier
http://purl.umn.edu/6757
Total Pages
17
