ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL RETURN ON VEGETABLE OIL PRODUCTION FROM IRRIGATED SOYBEAN CULTIVARS

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate the economic-financial return of soybean oil production in several scenarios, with different cultivars, irrigation depths and commercialization values. Two experiments were conducted in the years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019, in an experimental area of ​​the Polytechnic College of UFSM. The experimental design was a two-factor randomized block design, with the first factor of 5 irrigation depths plus the control and the second factor of three soybean cultivars. For irrigation, a fixed conventional sprinkler system with a 7-day irrigation shift was used. A survey of the costs of the entire production system was carried out. The economic-financial return was determined by the investment indicators, net present value, internal rate of return, benefit/cost ratio and payback, in 72 scenarios. Considering four crude oil marketing prices. The irrigation depths of 0% and 100% of ETo presented the highest economics returns, for all indicators. The oil commercialization price at R$ 2.50 .kg^-1 was not economically viable, in the different irrigation depths and cultivars. At the prices of R$ 6.50 and R$ 8.50 .kg^-1, the economic return was satisfactory for all the conditions tested.