Economics

Economic Feasibility Assessment of Variable Rate Applications (VRA) for the Northern Texas High Plains.  2002.  Almas, L. K.  Canyon/Amarillo/Etter.  Average annual cash receipts from the cash crops in the northern THP are $950 million. Assuming 5% increase due to precision farming practices will result into additional cash receipts of $47.5 million annually.

AR02.pdf, 27.3 kilobytes  

Spatial Variation of Soil Nitrogen Mineralization and Other Soil Properties Potentially Related to Crop Yield and Environmental Quality.  2002.  Hons, F. M. and R. Lascano  College Station.  Residual soil nitrate determined to 60-cm depth was more highly correlated with corn grain yield than shallower or deeper samplings, indicating that sampling to this depth should improve efficiency of fertilizer recommendations.

PrecisionAgAnnualRpt-Hons2002.pdf, 631.7 kilobytes  

Precision Farming - Site Specific Production Systems: Economics of Precision Farming Practices in the Texas High Plains (cotton, grain sorghum, corn, and peanuts).  2002.  Segarra, E., R. Lascano, K. Bronson, M. Schubert, J. Bordovsky, T. Wheeler and T. Archer  Lubbock.  Economic analysis of precision farming practices for cotton, grain sorghum, peanuts, and corn indicate that these practices have the potential to be economically beneficial as compared to conventional production practices.

2002precagcompreport1.pdf, 18.2 kilobytes  

2001 and Earlier

Document Title	Author(s)	Location	Year	File Format
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Economic Feasibility Assessment of Variable Rate Applications (VRA) for the Northern Texas High Plains	Lal K. Almas	Etter	2001
Precision Farming - Site Specific Production Systems: Economics of Precision Farming Practices in the Texas High Plains (cotton, grain sorghum, corn, and peanuts)	Eduardo Segarra	Lubbock	2001
Weed Mapping and the Economic Benefit of a Light-Activated Weed Sprayer in Texas Southern High Plains Peanut and Cotton Production	Peter Dotray	Lubbock	2001
Weed Mapping and the Economic Benefit of a Light-Activated Weed Sprayer in Texas Southern High Plains Peanut and Cotton Production	Peter Dotray	Lubbock	2000
Environmental and Economic Tradeoffs of Precision Farming: A Research Investigation in Irrigated Agriculture, Northern Texas Panhandle	W. L. Harman	Temple	2000
Precision Farming - Site Specific Production Systems: Economics of Precision Farming Practices in the Texas High Plains (cotton, grain sorghum, corn, and peanuts)	Eduardo Segarra	Lubbock	2000
Environmental and Economic Tradeoffs of Precision Farming: A Research Investigation in Irrigated Agriculture, Northern Texas Panhandle	W. L. Harman	Temple	1999