Cotton Gin Operating Costs in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas--1970 and 1971

Charles A. Wilmot, Dale L. Shaw and Betty K. Heron

No 313181, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Utilization of sample gin plant capacity in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas averaged 29 percent for 197 and 43 percent for 1971, based on a rated hourly capacity of 15.3 bales for the sample average. Generally, fuller utilization of plant capacities the second year resulted in a reduction in weighted average operating cost totals from $29.64 per bale in 1970 to $23.62 per bale in 1971. Capacity utilization and operating costs covering the 1970 and 1971 seasons were analyzed for a sample of 21 gins representing well over one-third of both the total ginning capacity and the annual ginning volumes for the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1973-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313181

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