Comparison of Water Allocation Strategies for Wheat Production in the Texas Panhandle

W. Arden Colette and Lal K. Almas

No 34995, 2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: The declining availability of irrigation water from the Ogallala aquifer combined with increasing energy costs make irrigation strategies much more critical. Irrigation strategies that maximize returns to irrigation require less water and achieve higher returns than strategies aimed at satisfying 100% of the crops evapotranspiration (ET) requirements.

Keywords: irrigation efficiency; water response function; input use optimization; ET; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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