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Economics And The Future Of Irrigated Agriculture In Texas
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Book Synopsis Economics and the Future of Irrigated Agriculture in Texas by :
Download or read book Economics and the Future of Irrigated Agriculture in Texas written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A New Era for Irrigation by : National Research Council
Download or read book A New Era for Irrigation written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-11-21 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irrigated agriculture has played a critical role in the economic and social development of the United Statesâ€"but it is also at the root of increasing controversy. How can irrigation best make the transition into an era of increasing water scarcity? In A New Era for Irrigation, experts draw important conclusions about whether irrigation can continue to be the nation's most significant water user, what role the federal government should play, and what the irrigation industry must do to adapt to the conditions of the future. A New Era for Irrigation provides data, examples, and insightful commentary on issues such as: Growing competition for water resources. Developments in technology and science. The role of federal subsidies for crops and water. Uncertainties related to American Indian water rights issues. Concern about environmental problems. And more. The committee identifies broad forces of change and reports on how public and private institutions, scientists and technology experts, and individual irrigators have responded. The report includes detailed case studies from the Great Plains, the Pacific Northwest, California, and Florida, in both the agricultural and turfgrass sectors. The cultural transformation brought about by irrigation may be as profound as the transformation of the landscape. The committee examines major facets of this cultural perspective and explores its place in the future. A New Era for Irrigation explains how irrigation emerged in the nineteenth century, how it met the nation's goals in the twentieth century, and what role it might play in the twenty-first century. It will be important to growers, policymakers, regulators, environmentalists, water and soil scientists, water rights claimants, and interested individuals.
Book Synopsis Groundwater Irrigation by : Wendell Holmes
Download or read book Groundwater Irrigation written by Wendell Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Evaluation of Resource Use and Economic Effects Due to Irrigation Water Availability in Texas by : Fred A. Schmer
Download or read book Evaluation of Resource Use and Economic Effects Due to Irrigation Water Availability in Texas written by Fred A. Schmer and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Projections of future crop and livestock production in Texas, 1980, 2000, 2020; Texas agricultural land and water requirements.
Book Synopsis Future of Irrigated Agriculture by :
Download or read book Future of Irrigated Agriculture written by and published by Council for Agricultural Science & Technology (Cast). This book was released on 1996 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Economic Implications of Water-related Technologies for Agriculture by : John R. Ellis
Download or read book Economic Implications of Water-related Technologies for Agriculture written by John R. Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis General Economic Aspects of Utilization of Underground Water for Irrigation in High Plains of Texas by : Texas Tech University. Department of Economics
Download or read book General Economic Aspects of Utilization of Underground Water for Irrigation in High Plains of Texas written by Texas Tech University. Department of Economics and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Future Texas Agriculture by : Paul F. Gillett
Download or read book Future Texas Agriculture written by Paul F. Gillett and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :National Research Council (U.S). Committee on the Future of Irrigation in the Face of Competing Demands Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :24 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (427 download)
Book Synopsis A New Era for Irrigation. Summary by : National Research Council (U.S). Committee on the Future of Irrigation in the Face of Competing Demands
Download or read book A New Era for Irrigation. Summary written by National Research Council (U.S). Committee on the Future of Irrigation in the Face of Competing Demands and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water Scarcity by : Ernest A. Engelbert
Download or read book Water Scarcity written by Ernest A. Engelbert and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural production in the semi-arid western United States is dependent on irrigation. Population in the seventeen western states has been and is expected to continue increasing. Groundwater levels are declining throughout the region with long-term pumping and increased demands leading to greater pumping lifts and costs, land subsidence, and salt water intrusion into groundwater basins. Construction and operation costs of future water development in these states will be great, both in dollars and in economic and social effects. Competition for the available water supply due to increased demands in both agricultural and non-agricultural sectors continues to increase. Although considerable attention has been given to some aspects of declining water supplies for irrigated agriculture in particular areas, this is the first volume to adress in a comprehensive manner the effects of scarce water supplies on agricultural production and the resultant impacts at regional, state, national, and international levels. Over seventy experts, representing all the major physical and social sciences as well as industries examine the issues and conclude that important decisions must be made at all levels of government and private enterprise if the prosperity and quality of life in the region are to be maintained. Specific technical, economic, institutional, and managerial solutions are recommended to forestall an impending water crisis. All segments of society--agriculturalists, urbanites, food processors, land developers, environmentalists, and others--have major stakes in the outcome of any action for future water supplies and distribution in the West. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.
Book Synopsis Economic Analysis, Interindustry Effects of a Declining Groundwater Supply, Southern High Plains of Texas by : John Edward Osborn
Download or read book Economic Analysis, Interindustry Effects of a Declining Groundwater Supply, Southern High Plains of Texas written by John Edward Osborn and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis West Texas Agriculture by : Willard Forest Williams
Download or read book West Texas Agriculture written by Willard Forest Williams and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Economic Valuation of Silage Crops Under Reduced Irrigation in the Texas High Plains by : Emmanuel Mensah
Download or read book Economic Valuation of Silage Crops Under Reduced Irrigation in the Texas High Plains written by Emmanuel Mensah and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agriculture production remains a major mainstay of the Texas High Plains economy. However, the primary groundwater source (Ogallala Aquifer) that supports the intensive nature of irrigated agriculture and livestock operations is waning rapidly which raises alarm for future sustainability of agriculture production in the area. The main goal of the study is to analyze the economic feasibility of corn silage and sorghum silage under reduced irrigation in the Texas High Plains. The specific objectives were to: 1) Estimate water response function for irrigated corn silage and sorghum silage. 2) Use the input response function to determine optimum levels of input to maximize profit for corn silage and sorghum silage production. 3) Perform a comparative analysis of water use between corn silage and sorghum silage and estimate potential water savings. 4) Predict the effect of forage quality of corn silage and sorghum silage on milk yield per ton of forage dry matter. Data for sorghum silage were obtained from the Texas AgriLife Research Center in Amarillo, Texas from sorghum silage trials 2007 to 2014 whereas corn silage data were obtained from 2009 to 2013 corn silage trials from the State Silage Corn Performance Test at Etter. Models were developed to determine the effect of water on corn silage and sorghum silage yield. These models were further used to determine the optimal input levels of total available water and applied irrigation water to maximize profit. The R2 value from the restricted model relating corn silage and sorghum silage to total available water received explained 99% and 97% of the variation in yield, respectively. The profit for irrigated sorghum silage $43/ton) and irrigated corn silage $48/ton) in the Northern Texas High Plains are $183/acre and $471/acre, respectively, at a natural gas price of $4/Mcf whereas the Southern Texas High Plains, had $242/acre and $554/acre, respectively, at electricity price of $0.074/kWh. A total of 258,068 acre-feet of water will be needed to produce 4,180,711 tons of corn silage whereas 239,692 acre-feet of water will be required to grow 4,646,340 tons of sorghum silage to meet the feed (silage) requirement of dairy cows in the Texas High Plains. The amount of water saved if corn silage is replaced by 50% irrigated sorghum silage and 50% dryland sorghum silage is 138,222 acre-feet. Crude protein, in-vitro true digestibility, starch, and lignin content of corn silage forage quality explained 99% of the variation in milk yield while sorghum silage forage quality explained 98%. Although there is 16% increase in milk yield in favor of corn silage due to forage quality, it is economically profitable to feed the dairy cows with sorghum silage as far as buying or growing both silages to formulate ration for dairy cows are concerned. The production cost of corn silage in the feed component of dairy cows is 15% more than sorghum silage per year. Improvement in crude protein, in-vitro true digestibility, and starch content of sorghum silage will increase the quantity of milk produced per ton of forage dry matter. Considering global concerns on water scarcity coupled with unpredictable climate changes, it is economically prudent to consider sorghum silage especially in the Texas High Plains where the groundwater (Ogallala Aquifer) is waning.
Book Synopsis An Economic Analysis of Permissible Irrigation Water Costs in the Texas High Plains by : Lonnie L. Jones
Download or read book An Economic Analysis of Permissible Irrigation Water Costs in the Texas High Plains written by Lonnie L. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Importance of Irrigation Water to the Economy of the Texas High Plains by : Herbert W. Grubb
Download or read book Importance of Irrigation Water to the Economy of the Texas High Plains written by Herbert W. Grubb and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Irrigated Agriculture and the Environment by : James S. Shortle
Download or read book Irrigated Agriculture and the Environment written by James S. Shortle and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortle (agricultural and environmental economics, Pennsylvania State U.) and Griffin (natural resource economics, Texas AandM U.) gather together 18 articles on the effects of agriculture on water resources (and vice versa) that have been previously published in academic journals between 1980 and the present. The articles are organized into sections that address pollution control instruments for irrigated agriculture, salinity and water allocation, and water reallocation and the environment. The major concern throughout the volume is the economic effects of various water allocation plans, as well as economic instruments capable of providing pollution control and proper water allocation within current market systems. c. Book News Inc.
Book Synopsis Economic Effect on Agricultural Production of Alternative Energy Input Prices by : B. Michael Adams
Download or read book Economic Effect on Agricultural Production of Alternative Energy Input Prices written by B. Michael Adams and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: