EVALUATION OF MODERN COTTON HARVEST SYSTEMS ON IRRIGATED COTTON: ECONOMIC RETURNS Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Picker and stripper harvest systems were evaluated on production-scale irrigated cotton on the High Plains of Texas over three harvest seasons. Observations on harvester performance and fiber quality were used to conduct a net present value (NPV) analysis to compare economic returns for conventional six-row picker- and stripper-based harvest systems. For most yield scenarios on the High Plains, there is a greater potential for profit by stripping fields when one six-row picker and accompanying support equipment is compared to one eight-row stripper and accompanying support equipment. However, when comparing one six-row picker to two eight-row strippers, picker harvesting offered more potential for profit in all scenarios analyzed. The NPV models were most sensitive to changes in the price difference and harvest efficiency between harvesters.

published proceedings

  • APPLIED ENGINEERING IN AGRICULTURE

author list (cited authors)

  • Faulkner, W. B., Wanjura, J. D., Boman, R. K., Shaw, B. W., & Parnell, C.

complete list of authors

  • Faulkner, WB||Wanjura, JD||Boman, RK||Shaw, BW||Parnell, CB Jr

publication date

  • August 2011