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Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 0.16 Bags 70.00 11.20 $____________
Nitrogen 90 Pounds 0.50 45.00 $____________
Phosphate 35 Pounds 0.42 14.70 $____________
Potash 25 Pounds 0.28 7.00 $____________
Limestone 0.25 Tons 21.00 5.25 $____________
Starter Fertilizer 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Zinc 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Sulfur 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Burn Down Herbicides 1 Acre 6.00 6.00 $____________
Pre-Emerge 1 Acre 18.00 18.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 1 Acre 3.00 3.00 $____________
Fungicide 0 Acre 12.00 - $____________
Insecticide 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 70 Bushels 0.14 9.80 $____________
Miscellaneous Overhead 1 Acre 5.00 5.00 $____________
Machinery Fuel 1 Acre 14.00 14.00 $____________
Machine Repairs 1 Acre 11.00 11.00 $____________
Hauling & Transportation* 70 Bushels 0.16 11.20 $____________
Irrigation Fuel (Acre Inches) 0 Acre 2.80 - $____________
Irrigation Repairs 0 Acre 9.00 - $____________
Labor 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Irrigation Labor 0 Acre 3.00 - $____________
Custom Application 2 Acre 5.50 11.50 $____________
Subtotal Acre $196.15 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 7.85 $____________
Total Variable Acre $204.00 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 33.00 33.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 0 Acre 62.00 - $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $237.00 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 3.77 $____________
Land Interest 1256 Acre 4.00% 50.24 $____________
Total Cost Acre $291.00 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
50 $3.96 $4.62 $5.70
60 $3.35 $3.90 $4.80
70........$2.91 $3.39 $4.16
80 $2.59 $3.00 $3.68
90 $2.33 $2.70 $3.30
100 $2.14 $2.46 $3.00
110 $1.96 $2.26 $2.75
120 $1.82 $2.10 $2.55
130 $1.71 $1.96 $2.38
140 $1.61 $1.84 $2.23
150 $1.52 $1.74 $2.10
160 $1.44 $1.65 $1.99
170 $1.38 $1.57 $1.89
180 $1.32 $1.50 $1.80
Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 0.2 Bags 70.00 14.00 $____________
Nitrogen 125 Pounds 0.50 62.50 $____________
Phosphate 55 Pounds 0.42 23.10 $____________
Potash 35 Pounds 0.28 9.80 $____________
Limestone 0.25 Tons 21.00 5.25 $____________
Starter Fertilizer 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Zinc 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Sulfur 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Burn Down Herbicides 1 Acre 6.00 6.00 $____________
Pre-Emerge 1 Acre 18.00 18.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 1 Acre 3.00 3.00 $____________
Fungicide 0 Acre 12.00 - $____________
Insecticide 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 110 Bushels 0.14 15.40 $____________
Miscellaneous Overhead 1 Acre 5.00 5.00 $____________
Machinery Fuel 1 Acre 14.00 14.00 $____________
Machine Repairs 1 Acre 11.00 11.00 $____________
Hauling & Transportation* 110 Bushels 0.16 17.60 $____________
Irrigation Fuel (Acre Inches) 8 Acre 2.80 22.40 $____________
Irrigation Repairs 1 Acre 9.00 9.00 $____________
Labor 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Irrigation Labor 1 Acre 3.00 3.00 $____________
Custom Application 2 Acre 5.50 11.00 $____________
Subtotal Acre $274.05 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 10.96 $____________
Total Variable Acre $285.01 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 33.00 33.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 1 Acre 62.00 62.00 $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $380.01 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 3.77 $____________
Land Interest 1256 Acre 4.00% 50.24 $____________
Total Cost Acre $434.02 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
70........$3.90... $5.26 $6.03
80 $3.45 $4.64 $5.31
90 $3.10 $4.16 $4.76
100 $2.82 $3.77 $4.31
110 $2.59 $3.45 $3.95
120 $2.40 $3.19 $3.64
130 $2.24 $2.97 $3.38
140 $2.10 $2.78 $3.17
150 $1.98 $2.61 $2.97
160 $1.88 $2.47 $2.81
170 $1.78 $2.34 $2.66
180 $1.70 $2.23 $2.53
190 $1.63 $2.13 $2.41
200 $1.56 $2.04 $2.31
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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