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

Colette, W. Arden; Almas, Lal K.; Robinson, Clay

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.6757

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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

Colette, W. Arden ; Almas, Lal K. ; Robinson, Clay

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.

Keywords:

corn ; irrigation efficiency ; water response function ; evapotranspiration

Subject(s):

Crop Production/Industries
Land Economics/Use
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

Issue Date:

2008

Publication Type:

Conference Paper/ Presentation

DOI and Other Identifiers:

10.22004/ag.econ.6757

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/6757