When Does Variable Rate Technology for Agricultural Sprayers Pay? A Case Study for Cotton Production in Tennessee

Daniel Mooney, James Larson (), Roland Roberts and Burton English

Journal of the ASFMRA, 2009, vol. 2009, 11

Abstract: Producers interested in precision agriculture lack information on the profitability of variable rate technology (VRT) systems for agricultural sprayers. A partial budgeting framework was developed to evaluate the level of input savings required to pay for investments in VRT. To illustrate this framework, a case study for cotton production in Tennessee is provided. Ownership and information costs were determined for two commerciallyavailable VRT systems and compared to extension recommended input application levels. Map-based VRT systems required input savings of 11 percent to be profitable. Sensor-based systems required input savings from 5 to 11 percent to be profitable depending on imagery resolution.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.189863

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