4 research outputs found
Production Profitability of Ethanol from Alternative Feedstocks in the Texas Panhandle
The potential of three feedstocks: grain sorghum, sweet sorghum, and switchgrass for ethanol production in the top 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle Region is analyzed using yield and production costs of feedstock, processing cost of feedstock, final demand for ethanol, farm to wholesale marketing margin, and the derived demand price of feedstock. The calculated economic returns per acre of grain sorghum, sweet sorghum, and switchgrass are -410.19, and -38.25, -29.04 respectively under dryland condition. The evaluation in this study demonstrates that ethanol production from grain sorghum, sweet sorghum, and switchgrass in the Texas Panhandle Region is not economically feasible given the current price for ethanol in Texas. This is consistent with the status of the ethanol industry in the Texas Panhandle.Ethanol production, Texas Panhandle, Grain sorghum, Sweet sorghum, and Switchgrass, Feedstock, Crop Production/Industries, Production Economics, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, Q16, Q25, Q27, and Q42,
Cost Analysis and Water Conservation Potential of Irrigation Technologies in the Texas Panhandle Water Planning Area
Six irrigation systems are analyzed considering cost and potential water savings. The investment cost of furrow and drip is 260,120, respectively. The cost of quarter mile pivot ranges from 64,000. Per ac-in variable pumping cost ranges 14.86 assuming natural gas price $7.00 per MCF.Irrigation Technology, Ground Water Planning, Texas Panhandle, Water Conservation, Ogallala, Agribusiness, Environmental Economics and Policy, Farm Management, Production Economics, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Production Profitability of Ethanol from Alternative Feedstocks in the Texas Panhandle
The potential of three feedstocks: grain sorghum, sweet sorghum, and switchgrass for ethanol production in the top 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle Region is analyzed using yield and production costs of feedstock, processing cost of feedstock, final demand for ethanol, farm to wholesale marketing margin, and the derived demand price of feedstock. The calculated economic returns per acre of grain sorghum, sweet sorghum, and switchgrass are -410.19, and -38.25, -29.04 respectively under dryland condition.
The evaluation in this study demonstrates that ethanol production from grain sorghum, sweet sorghum, and switchgrass in the Texas Panhandle Region is not economically feasible given the current price for ethanol in Texas. This is consistent with the status of the ethanol industry in the Texas Panhandle
Cost Analysis and Water Conservation Potential of Irrigation Technologies in the Texas Panhandle Water Planning Area
Six irrigation systems are analyzed considering cost and potential water savings. The investment cost of furrow and drip is 260,120, respectively. The cost of quarter mile pivot ranges from 64,000. Per ac-in variable pumping cost ranges 14.86 assuming natural gas price $7.00 per MCF