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Economic Model of Deficit Irrigation II (spreadsheet)

Metadata Updated: April 21, 2025

This spreadsheet model calculates the net income for irrigated agricultural production. The model is designed to evaluate the economics of deficit irrigation (irrigation at less than the amount required to produce maximum yield). The spreadsheet first models the water production function for a crop, then uses that relationship along with crop price and production costs to calculate net income and the irrigation amount that maximizes net income. This spreadsheet is similar to another posted at Ag Data Commons: "Economic Model of Deficit Irrigation" (http://dx.doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1504421). That model was designed primarily to evaluate deficit irrigation as a means to compare revenue with reduced water consumption to income gained by transferring the saved water. The model includes two common scenarios: 1) irrigation water supply is adequate but expensive, and 2) irrigation water supply is inadequate to fully irrigate the available land. In the first scenario, net income is maximized when the marginal costs of production, including water, is equal to the marginal revenue. In the second scenario, net income is maximized when the value of the water is maximized by selecting the portion of the land that should be irrigated. In the second scenario, the value and costs of the un-irrigated land are included. The first worksheet of the spreadsheet describes the relationships used in each worksheet and the input parameters required. Additional worksheets calculate the water production function, the irrigation water production function, and the net income for each of the two scenarios. The worksheets allow the user to input the various biophysical and economic parameters relevant to their conditions and allows evaluating various parameter combinations. Each worksheet contains graphs to visualize the results. Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: Economic Model of Deficit Irrigation II (spreadsheet). File Name: WPF Econ Model V2 Mod.xlsxResource Description: Spreadsheet contains 5 worksheets. The first worksheet describes the relationships in the remaining worksheets and the parameters required by the model.Resource Software Recommended: Microsoft Excel 365 (may work on earlier versions),url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/get-started-with-office-2019 Resource Title: Description of the Model. File Name: DataDictionary.pdfResource Description: Description of the model and input parameters.Resource Software Recommended: Adobe Reader,url: https://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025

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Harvested from USDA JSON

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025
Publisher Agricultural Research Service
Maintainer
Identifier 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1518761
Data Last Modified 2024-02-15
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Temporal 2020-06-05/2020-06-05

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