caa a22 4500 38631649X CHVBK 20180307111607.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198807 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0081305200025693 doi S0081305200025693 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0081305200025693 Economic Prospects for Sprinkle Irrigating Rice in Texas [Elektronische Daten] [Ronald C. Griffin, M. Edward Rister, Michael R. Parker, Garry N. McCauley] 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. Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1988 rice nationallicence linear programming nationallicence capital budgeting nationallicence sprinkler irrigation nationallicence technology nationallicence flood irrigation nationallicence Griffin Ronald C. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University aut Rister M. Edward Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University aut Parker Michael R. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University aut McCauley Garry N. Department of Water Management, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Center, Beaumont aut Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics Cambridge University Press 20/1(1988-07), 103-117 0081-3052 20:1<103 1988 20 AAE https://doi.org/10.1017/S0081305200025693 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0081305200025693 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Griffin Ronald C. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rister M. Edward Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Parker Michael R. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McCauley Garry N. Department of Water Management, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Center, Beaumont aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics Cambridge University Press 20/1(1988-07), 103-117 0081-3052 20:1<103 1988 20 AAE CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge