TY - JOUR AU - Gonzalez, Refugio A. AU - Guerrero, Juan N. AU - Ruiz, Rafael AU - Santana, Jose TI - U.S.-Mexico production costs compared: Imperial Valley holds advantage in alfalfa, wheat and cotton JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1991/09/01 VL - 45 IS - 5 SP - 15 EP - 17 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v045n05p15 AB - Comparative crop budgets of alfalfa, cotton and wheat in the Imperial Valley of California and in the Mexican Valley of Baja California-North are presented. For all three crops, the cost per acre was higher in the United States than in Mexico but the cost per unit produced was lower In the U.S. than in Mexico.