ABSTRACT

The Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) method was used to evaluate the profitability of grain sorghum production in the High Plains and Coastal Bend regions of Texas. Grain sorghum was shown to be profitable in the Coastal Bend region for dryland operations under crop share rental agreements in 1999 and 2000. Results for grain sorghum as primary and replacement crops indicated profitability concerns in both the Northern and Southern High Plains. Analysis of cotton yields in a cotton-grain sorghum rotation in the High Plains region indicated an increase of 170 and 142 lbs. per acre following grain sorghum one and two years, respectively. These rotational effects on cotton yields proved to have a significant impact on increased cotton profits and provided evidence for the profitability potential of utilizing grain sorghum in cotton rotations.