How Competitive is Irrigated Corn?

Authors

ROGER SELLEY, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Tina N. Barrett, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

April 2004

Comments

Published in Cornhusker Economics, 04/21/2004. Produced by the Cooperative Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
http://www.agecon.unl.edu/Cornhuskereconomics.html

Abstract

Many dryland corn producers were reminded again in 2003 of the risks of depending upon rainfall. Irrigation substantially reduces yield risk particularly in Western Nebraska. But irrigation also adds to production costs, and increasing costs per bushel can have its own risks in periods of low prices.