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Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 10 Pounds 3.50 33.75 $____________
Nitrogen 180 Pounds 0.50 52.50 $____________
Phosphate 80 Pounds 0.42 16.80 $____________
Potash 60 Pounds 0.28 5.60 $____________
Limestone 0.5 Tons 21.00 5.25 $____________
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 0.00 - $____________
Insecticide 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 0 Bushels 0.14 - $____________
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* 4500 Pounds 0.0015 6.75 $____________
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 $338.75 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 13.55 $____________
Total Variable Acre $352.30 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 42.00 42.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 0 Acre 62.00 62.00 $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $456.60 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 7.53 $____________
Land Interest 1256 Acre 4.00% 100.44 $____________
Total Cost Acre $564.27 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
LB/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
2750 $0.127 $0.165 $0.204
3000 $0.117 $0.151 $0.187
3250 $0.108 $0.140 $0.173
3500 $0.100 $0.130 $0.161
3750 $0.094 $0.121 $0.150
4000 $0.088 $0.114 $0.141
4250 $0.083 $0.107 $0.133
4500 $0.078 $0.101 $0.125
4750 $0.074 $0.096 $0.119
5000 $0.071 $0.091 $0.113
5250 $0.067 $0.087 $0.108
5500 $0.064 $0.083 $0.103
5750 $0.062 $0.080 $0.098
6000 $0.059 $0.076 $0.094
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HenggelerJ@missouri.edu
or phone (573-379-5431);
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