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Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 2.25 Bags 15.00 33.75 $____________
Nitrogen 105 Pounds 0.50 52.50 $____________
Phosphate 40 Pounds 0.42 16.80 $____________
Potash 20 Pounds 0.28 5.60 $____________
Limestone 0.25 Tons 21.00 5.25 $____________
Starter Fertilizer 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Zinc 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Sulfur 12 Pounds 0.60 7.20 $____________
Boron 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Post-Emerge - Ryegrass 1 Acre 15.00 15.00 $____________
Post-Emerge - Broadleaf 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Fungicide 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Insecticide 1 Acre 4.00 4.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 70 Bushels 0.08 5.60 $____________
Miscellaneous Overhead 1 Acre 5.00 5.00 $____________
Machinery Fuel 1 Acre 13.00 13.00 $____________
Machine Repairs 1 Acre 7.00 7.00 $____________
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 11.00 11.00 $____________
Irrigation Labor 0 Acre 3.00 - $____________
Custom Application 1 Acre 5.50 5.50 $____________
Subtotal Acre $220.40 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 8.82 $____________
Total Variable Acre $229.22 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 29.00 29.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 0 Acre 62.00 - $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $258.22 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 7.53 $____________
Land Interest 1256 Acre 4.00% 100.44 $____________
Total Cost Acre $312.22 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
40 $5.55 $6.28 $7.63
50 $4.49 $5.07 $6.15
60 $3.78 $4.26 $5.16
70 $3.27 $3.69 $4.46
80 $2.90 $3.26 $3.93
90 $2.60 $2.92 $3.52
100 $2.36 $2.65 $3.19
110 $2.17 $2.43 $2.93
120 $2.01 $2.25 $2.70
130 $1.87 $2.10 $2.51
140 $1.76 $1.96 $2.35
150 $1.66 $1.85 $2.21
160 $1.57 $1.75 $2.09
170 $1.49 $1.66 $1.98
[Irrigation Economics Home] [ AgEBB ]
Questions or comments about this website?
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HenggelerJ@missouri.edu
or phone (573-379-5431);
University of Missouri Delta Center/Portageville, MO 63873