Progress 10/01/08 to 09/30/14
Outputs
Target Audience: The target audience included federal, state, local officials, and farmers interested in water quality and quantity in the Red River in Oklahoma. The target audience was primarily producers in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Reports submitted to the US Army Corps of Engineers in the Tulsa office. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Still be reviewed. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Chloride Abatement on the Elm Fork of the Red River. The target audience included federal, state, local officials, and farmers interested in water quality and quantity in the Red River in Oklahoma. Project funded by USACE to determine agricultural benefits and costs of reducing the chloride or salt load into the Elm Fork and subsequently the North Fork of the Red River in Southwestern Oklahoma. This project showed that if following chloride control on the Elm Fork of the Red River in Harmon County, Oklahoma, the remaining EC were 2.2 dS/m or lower, then an additional 13,500 acres could be irrigated with a NPV of 12.45 million. The study assumed a 4% discount rate and cotton prices of 0.54 per pound of lint. Higher levels of remaining salinity greatly reduce net benefits and irrigated acres. More efficient application of swine effluent. The target audience was primarily producers in the Oklahoma Panhandle. A Bayesian Stochastic Dynamic Programming model was developed that utilized the previously published by Wu, Nofziger, Warren, and Hattey.( 2003). “Estimating ammonia volatilization from swine-effluent droplets in sprinkler irrigation” along with weather forecasts to determine the optimal timing of post-plant swine effluent by pivot systems. The results indicated a producer using forecast information could an additional $500 per 128 acre field in fertilizer costs as opposed to a producer making applications without weather forecast information.
Publications
|
Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Debnath, D., F. Epplin, and A. Stoecker, Managing Expected Switch Grass Biomass Yield Variability by Strategically Selecting Land to Lease", AAEA annual meeting, Seattle, July, 2012 Ghmire, M., H. Bhavsar, J. Vitale, A. Stoecker, and J. Choi. Integration and Hydrological Simulation Model for the Feasibility Study of Irrigation Under Salinity. Presentation AAEA annual meeting, Seattle, July 2012 Ghmire, Monika, Integration and Hydrological Simulation Model for the Feasibility Study of Irrigation Development Under Salinity. MS. Thesis, Edmond Low Library, Oklahoma State University, August 2012. Tongco, Al, A.C. Miller, and A.L. Stoecker Assessment of Irrigable Soils Along the Elm Fork and North Fork of the Red River, Report to USACE, Tulsa Division, 48 pages, June 2012. Debnath, D., "Managing Expected Switch Grass Biomass Yield Variability by Strategically Selecting Acres to Lease", Selected Paper, AAEA Meeting, Seattle, 2012. Bhavsar, Hiren. "Chloride Control and Irrigation Management: A GIS Integrated Approach to Economic Feasibility for Irrigated Cotton", Ph.D. 2012. Debnath, Deepayan., "Three Essays: Reservoir Management ; Switch Grass Land Leasing; and Its Environmental Impact", Ph.D. Dissertation, Edmond Low Library, Oklahoma State University, 2012. PARTICIPANTS: Vitale, J., Assistant Professor, Department Agricultural Economics Bhavsar, H., Ph.D. Student, Department Agricultural Economics Ghimire, Monika, M.S. Student, Department of Agricultural Economics. Stoecker, A.S., Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics Epplin, F., Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics Godsey, C., Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Science. TARGET AUDIENCES: No changes PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: No changes
Impacts
All stakeholders will benefit from potential water quality improvememts and landowners and taxpayers will benefit from the development of TMDL implementation plans that are more economically feasible. The immediate and direct beneficiaries of the project will be agency personnel and consultants involved in TMDL development. Since the regional project provides a vehicle to prevent duplication of activities, it essentially benefits all taxpayers by effectively utilizing limited public funds.
Publications
- Debnath, D., F. Epplin, and A. Stoecker, "Managing Expected Switch Grass Biomass Yield Variability by Strategically Selecting Land to Lease", AAEA annual meeting, Seattle, July, 2012
- Ghmire, M., H. Bhavsar, J. Vitale, A. Stoecker, and J. Choi. Integration and Hydrological Simulation Model for the Feasibility Study of Irrigation Under Salinity. Presentation AAEA annual meeting, Seattle, July 2012
- Debnath, D., "Managing Expected Switch Grass Biomass Yield Variability by Strategically Selecting Acres to Lease", Selected Paper, AAEA Meeting, Seattle, 2012.
- Bhavsar, Hiren. "Chloride Control and Irrigation Management: A GIS Integrated Approach to Economic Feasibility for Irrigated Cotton", Ph.D. 2012.
- Debnath, Deepayan., "Three Essays: Reservoir Management ; Switch Grass Land Leasing; and Its Environmental Impact", Ph.D. Dissertation, Edmond Low Library, Oklahoma State University, 2012.
- Ghmire, Monika, Integration and Hydrological Simulation Model for the Feasibility Study of Irrigation Development Under Salinity. MS. Thesis, Edmond Low Library, Oklahoma State University, August 2012.
- Tongco, Al, A.C. Miller, and A.L. Stoecker Assessment of Irrigable Soils Along the Elm Fork and North Fork of the Red River, Report to USACE, Tulsa Division, 48 pages, June 2012.
|
Progress 10/01/10 to 09/30/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Chloride Abatement on Elm Fork of Red River. Projected funded by USACE to determine agricultural benefits and costs of reducing the chloride or salt load into the Elm Fork and subsequently the North Fork of the Red River in Southwestern Oklahoma. Bhavsar H., Jongsan Choi, Jeffrey Vitale & Arthur Stoecker. (2011). A Geographical Information System Integrated Approach to Economic Feasibility of Irrigation from a Desalinized Water Course, Selected Paper WAEA Meeting, Banff, Canada, Abstract Forthcoming, Dept. Ag. Econ., Okla. St. Univ. Choi, Jong San "Economic Approach on Allocation of Irrigation of Irrigation Water Under Salinity Based on Different Soil for Potential Irrigated Agriculture using the EPIC crop model" Ph.D. Dissertation, December, 2011. Ghimire, M. H. Bhavsar, J. Vitale, A. Stoecker, and J.S. Choi, "GIS Integrated Decision Support System for Investment in Irrigation", poster accepted for Ok. Governor's Water Conference, 2011. PARTICIPANTS: Vitale, J., Assistant Professor, Department Agricultural Economics Bhavsar, H., Ph.D. Student, Department Agricultural Economics Choi, J.S., Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural Economics Ghimire, Monika, M.S. Student, Department of Agricultural Economics. Stoecker, A.S., Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics Storm, D.E., Professor, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Godsey, C., Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Science. Zhang, H.L., Director of OSU Soil Testing Laboratory, Dept. of Plant and Soil Science Hattey, J. Formerly Professor Department of Plant and Soil Science Warren, J.C. Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Science TARGET AUDIENCES: No Changes PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: No Changes
Impacts
Animal Waste Management in Semiarid Agroecosystems A Bayesian Stochastic Dynamic Programming model was developed that utilized the previously published by Wu, Nofziger, Warren, and Hattey.( 2003). "Estimating ammonia volatilization from swine-effluent droplets in sprinkler irrigation" along with weather forecasts to determine the optimal timing of post-plant swine effluent by pivot systems. The results indicated a producer using forecast information could an additional $500 per 128 acre field in fertilizer costs as opposed to a producer making applications without weather forecast information.
Publications
- Phetcharat, C., A. Stoecker, J. Vitale, J. Warren and J. Hattey, "An Optimal Application of Swine Effluent in Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle Determined by Bayesian Stochastic Dynamic Programming," Selected paper presented WAEA annual meeting Banff, Canada, 2011.
- Phetcharat C. "An Optimal Application of Swine Effluent in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles Determined by Bayesian Stochastic Dynamic Programming", Ph.D. Dissertation December 2011
- Debnath, D., A. Stoecker, T. Boyer, and L. Sanders, "Optimal Allocation of Reservoir Water: a Case Study of Lake Tenkiller", Selected paper WAEA annual meeting, Banff, Canada, 2011.
|
Progress 10/01/09 to 09/30/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Salt Abatement on Elm Fork of Red River. Projected funded by USACE to determine agricultural benefits and costs of reducing the chloride or salt load into the Elm Fork and subsequently the North Fork of the Red River in Southwestern Oklahoma. Rural Water Systems Analysis Developed Cost Estimates for Water System an Chilocco Oklahoma Supervised Estimation of Costs for Alternative well and treatment system at Kaw City, Oklahoma PARTICIPANTS: Banks, J.C. Director, Oklahoma Irrigation Experiment Station, Altus Vitale, J., Assistant Professor, Department Agricultural Economics Bhavsar, H., Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural Economics Choi, J.S., Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural Economics Ghimire, Monika, M.S. Student, Department of Agricultural Economics. Stoecker, A.S., Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics Storm, D.E., Professor, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Godsey, C., Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Science. Zhang, H.L., Director of OSU Soil Testing Laboratory, Department of Plant and Soil Science TARGET AUDIENCES: No Changes PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: No Changes
Impacts
Two reports on deep soil testing (five and ten foot cores) in the Altus Irrigation District were completed and submitted to the USACE and also to the Altus Irrigation District. One project meeting were held with the director of the Altus Irrigation District to discuss modeling procedures. The deep soil tests in the Altus Irrigation District revealed localized areas of high soil salinity but overall indicted that with proper drainage, irrigation was still manageable after 50 years of irrigation. The soil tests to determine the potential for additional irrigation along the Elm and North Fork rivers indicated that the there were several thousands of acres of soils were potentially irrigable. However, GIS analysis indicates there are fewer sections of land that contain enough irrigable soils to make establishing an irrigation system economically viable. There is considerable potential impact from reducing the salt loading to the Elm and North Forks or the Red River as there are up to 100,000 acres that might be irrigated if the water contained less salt. Work will continue on the economic viability of capturing and using the water for irrigation, should the salt loading be reduced. Results of Kaw Water System Analysis were presented to Council of Kaw Tribe. One M.S. Thesis and One Ph.D. Dissertation on water systems analysis were completed in 2010. Conferences: Poster describing the project was presented at the 2010 Governors Water Conference in Norman, Oklahoma. Attended two meetings of the S-1042 Regional Group: Modeling for TMDL Development, and Watershed Based Planning, Management and Assessment
Publications
- No publications reported this period
|
Progress 10/01/08 to 09/30/09
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Activities Two dissertations were completed Worked to become familiar with using APEX simulation models with the objective of developing models for farm level assessment of watershed level TMDL policy. Developed teaching module for determining the location of least cost of BMP implementations meet TMDL requirements in a small watershed in graduate resource economics course. PARTICIPANTS: Attreya, A. J., Park, Seong Cheol and S. S. Howry (OSU Agricultural Economics - graduate students) J. Vitale and A.L. Stoecker (OSU Agricultural Economics) B. J. Barfield, R. L. Hunke, D.E. Storm, E.W. Stevens, and M. Geza - (OSU - Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering) TARGET AUDIENCES: N/A PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: N/A
Impacts
Developed teaching module for determining the location of least cost of BMP implementation to meet TMDL requirements in a small watershed in graduate resource economics course.
Publications
- Abstracts: Attreya, A. J. Vitale, A.L. Stoecker, and S.D. Carter, 2009. "Effect of Corn Price on Profitability of Control Versus Phytase Enhanced Diet of Hogs", Sel. Paper, Southern Agricultural Economic Association. Abstract J. Agric. and Applied Economics, 41(2)537.
- Dissertations: Park, Seong Cheol, "Economic Analysis on Animal Manure: Static and Dynamic Approaches, Cox non-nested text, and Optimal Nitrogen Rates for Grasses." Ph.D. Dissertation, Edmond Low Library Oklahoma State University, Aug. 2009.
- Howry, S.S. "Economic Analysis of Management Practices to Reduce Phosphorus Loading in the Eucha Spavinaw Lakes," Ph.D. Dissertation, Edmond Low Library, Oklahoma State University, Dec., 2008.
- Publications: Geza, M., B.J. Barfield, R.L. Hunke, A.L. Stoecker, D.E. Storm, and E.W. Stevens, 2009. "Comparison of Targeted Replacement and Vegetative Filter Strips for Sediment Control and Cost Effectiveness", J. Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 135(5)P406-15.
|
|