Economics of Management Zone Delineation in Cotton Precision Agriculture

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dc.creatorVelandia, Margarita M.
dc.creatorRejesus, Roderick M.
dc.creatorSegarra, Eduardo
dc.creatorBronson, Kevin
dc.date2017-04-01T20:03:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T04:25:14Z
dc.descriptionThis paper develops a management zone delineation procedure based on a spatial statistics approach and evaluates its economic impact for the case of Texas cotton production. With the use of an optimization model that utilizes a yield response function estimated through spatial econometric methods, we found that applying variable N rates based on the management zones delineated would result in higher cotton yields and higher net returns, above Nitrogen cost, relative to uniformly applying a single N rate for the whole field. In addition, a variable rate N application using the delineated management zones produced higher net returns, above Nitrogen cost, relative to a variable N rate system where the zones are based solely on landscape position. This is indicative of the potential economic value of using a spatial statistics approach to management zone delineation.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.35387
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/35387/files/sp06ve01.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/35387
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/549637
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/35387
dc.titleEconomics of Management Zone Delineation in Cotton Precision Agriculture
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