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Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 0.3 Bags 140.00 42.00 $____________
Nitrogen 150 Pounds 0.50 75.00 $____________
Phosphate 60 Pounds 0.42 25.20 $____________
Potash 40 Pounds 0.28 11.20 $____________
Limestone 0.5 Tons 21.00 10.50 $____________
Starter Fertilizer 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Zinc 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Sulfur 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Boron 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Pre-Emerge 1 Acre 15.00 15.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Fungicide 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Insecticide 1 Acre 4.00 4.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 140 Bushels 0.14 19.60 $____________
Miscellaneous Overhead 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Machinery Fuel 1 Acre 20.00 20.00 $____________
Machine Repairs 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Hauling & Transportation* 140 Bushels 0.16 22.40 $____________
Irrigation Fuel (Acre Inches) 0 Acre 2.80 - $____________
Irrigation Repairs 0 Acre 9.00 - $____________
Labor 1 Acre 16.00 16.00 $____________
Irrigation Labor 0 Acre 3.00 - $____________
Custom Application 1 Acre 5.50 5.50 $____________
Subtotal Acre $310.40 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 12.42 $____________
Total Variable Acre $322.82 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 42.00 42.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 0 Acre 62.00 - $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $364.82 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 7.53 $____________
Land Interest 2511 Acre 4.00% 100.44 $____________
Total Cost Acre $472.79 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
80 $2.76 $3.25 $4.52
90 $2.48 $2.92 $4.05
100 $2.26 $2.65 $3.67
110 $2.08 $2.44 $3.36
120 $1.93 $2.25 $3.10
130 $1.80 $2.10 $2.89
140 $1.69 $1.97 $2.70
150 $1.60 $1.86 $2.54
160 $1.51 $1.76 $2.40
170 $1.44 $1.67 $2.27
180 $1.38 $1.59 $2.16
190 $1.32 $1.52 $2.06
200 $1.27 $1.46 $1.97
Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 0.4 Bags 140.00 56.00 $____________
Nitrogen 210 Pounds 0.50 105.00 $____________
Phosphate 80 Pounds 0.42 33.60 $____________
Potash 60 Pounds 0.28 16.80 $____________
Limestone 0.5 Tons 21.00 10.50 $____________
Starter Fertilizer 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Zinc 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Sulfur 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Boron 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Pre-Emerge 1 Acre 15.00 15.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Fungicide 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Insecticide 1 Pints 4.00 4.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 180 Bushels 0.14 25.20 $____________
Miscellaneous Overhead 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Machinery Fuel 1 Acre 20.00 20.00 $____________
Machine Repairs 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Hauling & Transportation* 180 Bushels 0.16 28.80 $____________
Irrigation Fuel (Acre Inches) 12 Acre 2.80 33.60 $____________
Irrigation Repairs 1 Acre 9.00 9.00 $____________
Labor 1 Acre 16.00 16.00 $____________
Irrigation Labor 1 Acre 3.00 3.00 $____________
Custom Application 1 Acre 5.50 5.50 $____________
Subtotal Acre $426.00 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 17.04 $____________
Total Variable Acre $443.04 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 62.00 62.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 1 Acre 54.00 54.00 $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $547.04 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 7.53 $____________
Land Interest 2511 Acre 4.00% 100.44 $____________
Total Cost Acre $655.01 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
140 $3.08 $3.82 $4.59
150 $2.89 $3.59 $4.31
160 $2.73 $3.38 $4.06
170 $2.59 $3.20 $3.84
180 $2.46 $3.04 $3.64
190 $2.35 $2.89 $3.46
200 $2.25 $2.77 $3.31
210 $2.15 $2.65 $3.16
220 $2.07 $2.54 $3.03
230 $1.99 $2.44 $2.91
240 $1.92 $2.35 $2.80
250 $1.86 $2.27 $2.70
260 $1.80 $2.20 $2.61
270 $1.74 $2.13 $2.53
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Questions or comments about this website?
Please contact Joe Henggeler via e-mail:
HenggelerJ@missouri.edu
or phone (573-379-5431);
University of Missouri Delta Center/Portageville, MO 63873