Economic Decisions in Producing Irrigated Grain Sorghum on the Northern High Plains of Texas

Wehrly, J.S. and Sletten, W.H. and Jensen, M.E. (1964) Economic Decisions in Producing Irrigated Grain Sorghum on the Northern High Plains of Texas. Texas A & M University Miscellaneous Publication No. 747. 12 pp.

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Abstract

American farmers have a wealth of research data
available to them. Much of the data is concerned
with technical problems of increasing yields, improving
quality and reducing costs. In nearly all instances
the improved practices can be applied by a farmer
only at a cost. The farmer must decide if the improvement
in output, quality or efficiency is enough
to justify the extra cost, or more likely, must decide
to what extent these practices should be applied. The
extent to which any single agricultural input should
be used cannot be determined without considering
the use and effect of other inputs and the costs of
all inputs and the price of the product.
This publication is concerned with the amounts
of nitrogen and irrigation water to use in the production
of grain sorghum on the Northern High Plains
of Texas. There is a strong interacting effect between
these two inputs; each is dependent on the presence
of the other for much of the yield response from its
use. Few studies have attempted to deal with both
of these inputs as simultaneous variables.

Item Type:	Technical Bulletin
NWISRL Publication Number:	0022
Subjects:	Irrigated crops > Sorghum Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
Depositing User:	Dan Stieneke
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2010 21:57
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2016 14:25
Item ID:	1142
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/1142