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Economic Prospects for Sprinkle Irrigating Rice in Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Ronald C. Griffin ,
M. Edward Rister ,
Michael R. Parker  and
Garry N. McCauley
Ronald C. Griffin
Affiliation:
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
M. Edward Rister
Affiliation:
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
Michael R. Parker
Affiliation:
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
Garry N. McCauley
Affiliation:
Department of Water Management, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Center, Beaumont
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Abstract

The economic feasibility of investing in sprinkler irrigation technology for rice production is investigated using linear programming and capital budgeting to identify the net annual benefits and net present value, respectively. Groundwater and both flat rate and volumetrically priced surface water sources of irrigation water are analyzed. Under typical practices occurring in rice production operations in the Texas Rice Belt, sprinkler irrigation technology is not profitable at current water costs. Producers using volumetrically priced surface water have the greatest incentive to consider sprinkler irrigation, but water prices must increase by over 250 percent for the investment in a sprinkler irrigation system to become attractive. Yield reductions associated with sprinkle-irrigated rice are a significant disincentive. For equivalent flood- and sprinkle-irrigated rice yields, an increase in water prices of over 175 percent is required before the investment in a sprinkler irrigation system becomes economically feasible.

Keywords

ricelinear programmingcapital budgetingsprinkler irrigationtechnologyflood irrigation
Type
Submitted Articles
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , July 1988 , pp. 103 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1988

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