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Water use efficiency and maximizing profitability of grain sorghum production in the Texas Panhandle

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  • Ahamadou, Aly
  • Dembele, Mamadou
  • Almas, Lal K.
  • Brooks, Kathleen R.

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The reduction in the availability of irrigation water and the increase in pumping costs resulting from the decline in the Ogallala Aquifer make good management decisions more critical for the survival of the farm firm and the success of the agricultural sector in the Texas Panhandle. Response functions for irrigation and percentage potential evapotranspiration (PET) in the production of grain sorghum are estimated. The response functions are transferred into value product functions and combined with an irrigation energy cost function to determine the profit maximizing irrigation strategy. Three management decision variables; total water available, the level of irrigation and the water to meet crop ET requirements are evaluated. Grain sorghum yield, natural precipitation, irrigation, soil moisture content, potential evapotranspiration, and percent potential evapotranspiration (PET) data, collected over the period from 1998 through 2007 by commercial producers participating in the AgriPartners program are used to estimate the response functions. Results indicate that the optimum level of irrigation increases as the price of sorghum increases and decreases as the price of natural gas increases.

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  • Ahamadou, Aly & Dembele, Mamadou & Almas, Lal K. & Brooks, Kathleen R., 2012. "Water use efficiency and maximizing profitability of grain sorghum production in the Texas Panhandle," 2012 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2012, Birmingham, Alabama 119801, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:saea12:119801
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.119801
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    1. Colette, W. Arden & Almas, Lal K. & Robinson, Clay, 2008. "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," 2008 Annual Meeting, February 2-6, 2008, Dallas, Texas 6757, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
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    1. Almas, Lal K & Guerrero, Bridget L & Lust, David G & Fatima, Hina & Mensah, Emmanuel, 2017. "Effect of Silage Quality on Milk Production and Ogallala Aquifer Conservation Potential in the Texas High Plains," 2017 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2017, Mobile, Alabama 252737, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.

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