Abstract
This study evaluates the effect of irrigation on the profitability of the muscadine grape ( Vitis rotundifilia ) operation. Data from a 3-year experiment in which muscadine grapes were grown under four irrigation regimes were used to establish the relationship between yields and irrigation. Assuming a muscadine fruit price of $0.50/lb, harvesting costs of $0.21/lb, and irrigation costs of $16.75/acre-inch, the profit-maximizing level of irrigation was estimated to be 13.1 acre-inches for a season, or 7 gal/day per plant. Water requirements for profit maximization are 9% lower than water requirements for yield maximizing. Moreover, it is concluded that the effect of an adequate use of irrigation in the profitability of the muscadine grape operation can be substantial.
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Claim · model-written summary
The profit-maximizing irrigation level for muscadine grapes was estimated at 13.1 acre-inches per season.
Verbatim
e1“This study evaluates the effect of irrigation on the profitability of the muscadine grape ( Vitis rotundifilia ) operation”
e2“the profit-maximizing level of irrigation was estimated to be 13.1 acre-inches for a season, or 7 gal/day per plant”
e3“Assuming a muscadine fruit price of $0.50/lb”
Claim · model-written summary
Water requirements for profit maximization are 9% lower than water requirements for yield maximization.
- Taxon
- muscadine grapee1
- Outcome
- Water requirements for profit maximizatione2
- Direction
- lowere2
- Value
- 9%e2
- Comparator
- water requirements for yield maximizinge2
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Verbatim
e1“This study evaluates the effect of irrigation on the profitability of the muscadine grape ( Vitis rotundifilia ) operation”
e2“Water requirements for profit maximization are 9% lower than water requirements for yield maximizing”
Claim · model-written summary
An adequate use of irrigation can substantially increase muscadine grape operation profitability.
Verbatim
e1“This study evaluates the effect of irrigation on the profitability of the muscadine grape ( Vitis rotundifilia ) operation”
e2“the effect of an adequate use of irrigation in the profitability of the muscadine grape operation can be substantial”