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Subsurface Drip Irrigation Versus Center-Pivot Sprinkler for Applying Swine Effluent to Corn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

R.I. Carreira ,
A.L. Stoecker ,
F.M. Epplin ,
J.A. Hattey  and
M.A. Kizer
R.I. Carreira
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
A.L. Stoecker
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
F.M. Epplin
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
J.A. Hattey
Affiliation:
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
M.A. Kizer
Affiliation:
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
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Abstract

A risk-averse irrigated corn producer would be better off choosing the more expensive subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) over center-pivot sprinkler (CPS), given limited aquifer life and swine effluent and urea fertilization. A stochastic optimization using EPIC data maximized expected utility of 100 years' worth of net revenues for a quarter section. Phosphorus accumulation was more likely with the CPS than with the SDI but soil nitrogen was constant under both systems. SDI conserves more water than CPS per acre but depletes the aquifer faster because a greater area is irrigated. These results were invariant in the sensitivity analysis.

Keywords

aquifer depletioncenter-pivot sprinkler irrigationcertainty equivalentcorn irrigationmathematical programmingriskstochastic optimizationsubsurface drip irrigationC61C65Q12Q30Q53
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , December 2006 , pp. 645 - 658
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2006

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