A Variety of Cotton Farming Decision Aids
The decision aid section is great for grower level information. Depending on the decision aid utilized, you enter information about your specific farming operation and then you are provided a bottom line answer that allows you to play “what if” with certain technologies ranging from the value of your cotton in the CCC loan to irrigation, to yield monitors, to harvesters to government payments. The more specific the information you enter, the better the decision aid will assist you in decisions affecting your profitability.
2020 Crop Loan Calculator
Calculation of the Commodity Credit Corporation upland loan premium and discount values given high-volume instrument classing information.
2019 Crop Loan Calculator
Calculation of the Commodity Credit Corporation upland loan premium and discount values given high-volume instrument classing information.
2018 ELS Cotton Loan Calculator
Calculation of the Commodity Credit Corporation ELS loan premium and discount values given high-volume instrument classing information.
2018 Upland Cotton Loan Calculator
Calculation of the Commodity Credit Corporation upland loan premium and discount values given high-volume instrument classing information.
2017 ELS Cotton Loan Calculator
Calculation of the Commodity Credit Corporation ELS loan premium and discount values given high-volume instrument classing information.
2017 Upland Cotton Loan Calculator
Calculation of the Commodity Credit Corporation upland loan premium and discount values given high-volume instrument classing information.
Agricultural & Food Policy Center
AFPC conducts analyses of the impacts of government policy proposals and/or implementation procedures on farmers, agribusiness’s, taxpayers, and consumers.
Cotton Basis Tools
Cotton Basis Tools from Texas A&M for understanding the difference between the cash price of cotton and the futures price of cotton on a given futures exchange.
Cotton Harvest Cost Comparison Program/Decision Aid
This tool is designed to help you to compare the costs of two different cotton harvest systems using capital budgeting techniques.
Cotton Irrigation Decision Aid
An interactive tool to compare alternative irrigation systems and calculate the net present value and payback period of alternative irrigation systems.
Cotton Module Transport Calculator
This decision aid balances the tradeoff between hauling costs and running the gin at or above capacity by using the concept of “percent utilization”.
Cotton Precision Agriculture Investment Decision Aid
The Cotton Precision Agriculture Investment Decision tool is a stand alone, computerized tool for analyzing investments in precision agriculture technologies.
Cropland Rental Tool (CROPRENT)
A tool that can be used to project rental options as part of the planning/budgeting phase, negotiate with landowners/tenants, and finalize actual rent at harvest.
Precision Agriculture Yield Variability Analyzer
This tool can help you to estimate the level of yield variability needed to signal an economic benefit with minimal amount of input information required.
South Plains Profitability
A project of Texas AgriLife Extension supported by a grant from the Texas Cotton State Support Committee that evaluates the potential profitability of alternative crops.
2014 Farm Bill – Farm Program and Insurance Decision Aid
Tools to help you make the choices required for partipation in 2014 Farm Bill and crop insurance.
