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An Economic Feasibility Study of Irrigated Crop Production in the Pecos Valley of Texas

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Title An Economic Feasibility Study of Irrigated Crop Production in the Pecos Valley of Texas
Creator Condra, G. D. Lacewell, R. D. Hardin, D. C. Lindsey, K. Whitson, R. E.
Description Public concern over the potential effects of energy price increases on the U.S. food and fiber system has been dramatically justified in the Trans Pecos region of Texas where a 450 percent increase in the price of natural gas was followed by the idling of thousands of irrigated acres and the departure of many of the farmers. This study was conducted to provide the answers to two questions: (l) Can an irrigated farm survive in the Trans Pecos? and (2) If it survives, how profitable will it...
Date 2007-12-07T21:38:31Z 2007-12-07T21:38:31Z 1979-03
Type Technical Report
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/6279
Language en_US
Relation TR-101;
Publisher Texas Water Resources Institute

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