Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 0.3 Bags 175.00 52.50 $____________
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 8.00 8.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
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 $315.90 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 12.64 $____________
Total Variable Acre $328.54 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 42.00 42.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 1 Acre 62.00 - $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $370.54 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 7.53 $____________
Land Interest 2511 Acre 4.00% 100.44 $____________
Total Cost Acre $478.51 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
100 $3.17 $3.59 $4.67
110 $2.90 $3.29 $4.27
120 $2.69 $3.04 $3.94
130 $2.50 $2.83 $3.66
140 $2.35 $2.65 $3.42
150 $2.21 $2.49 $3.21
160 $2.09 $2.35 $3.03
170 $1.99 $2.23 $2.87
180 $1.89 $2.13 $2.73
190 $1.81 $2.03 $2.60
200 $1.73 $1.94 $2.48
210 $1.66 $1.86 $2.38
220 $1.60 $1.79 $2.28
230 $1.55 $1.73 $2.20
Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre Seed 0.4 Bags 175.00 70.00 $____________ 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 8.00 8.00 $____________ Post-Emerge 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________ Fungicide 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________ Insecticide 1 Acre 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 $435.00 $____________ Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 17.40 $____________ Total Variable Acre $452.40 $____________ Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 42.00 42.00 $____________ Fixed Irrigation Cost 1 Acre 62.00 62.00 $____________ Total (Excluding Land) Acre $556.40 $____________ Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 7.53 $____________ Land Interest 2511 Acre 4.00% 100.44 $____________ Total Cost Acre $664.37 $____________ * Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields Breakeven Price in $/Bushel Yield in Variable Total Cost Total Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost 140 $3.15 $3.89 $4.66 150 $2.96 $3.65 $4.37 160 $2.79 $3.44 $4.11 170 $2.64 $3.26 $3.89 180 $2.51 $3.09 $3.69 190 $2.40 $2.94 $3.51 200 $2.29 $2.81 $3.35 210 $2.20 $2.69 $3.21 220 $2.11 $2.58 $3.07 230 $2.03 $2.48 $2.95 240 $1.96 $2.39 $2.84 250 $1.89 $2.31 $2.74 260 $1.83 $2.23 $2.65 270 $1.78 $2.16 $2.56
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