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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 0.44 66.00 $____________
Phosphate 60 Pounds 0.65 39.00 $____________
Potash 40 Pounds 0.70 28.00 $____________
Limestone 0.5 Tons 25.00 12.50 $____________
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 20.00 20.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Fungicide 1 Acre 15.00 15.00 $____________
Insecticide 1 Acre 6.00 6.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 140 Bushels 0.17 23.80 $____________
Miscellaneous Overhead 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Machinery Fuel 1 Acre 18.00 18.00 $____________
Machine Repairs 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Hauling & Transportation* 140 Bushels 0.17 23.80 $____________
Irrigation Fuel (Acre Inches) 0 Acre 2.50 - $____________
Irrigation Repairs 0 Acre 12.00 - $____________
Labor 1 Acre 18.00 18.00 $____________
Irrigation Labor 0 Acre 4.00 - $____________
Custom Application 1 Acre 6.50 6.50 $____________
Subtotal Acre $350.60 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 14.02 $____________
Total Variable Acre $364.62 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 42.00 42.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 0 Acre 70.00 - $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $406.62 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 8.90 $____________
Land Interest 2966 Acre 4.00% 118.64 $____________
Total Cost Acre $534.16 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
100 $3.51 $3.93 $5.21
110 $3.22 $3.60 $4.76
120 $2.98 $3.33 $4.39
130 $2.78 $3.10 $4.08
140 $2.60 $2.90 $3.82
150 $2.45 $2.73 $3.58
160 $2.32 $2.58 $3.38
170 $2.20 $2.45 $3.20
180 $2.10 $2.33 $3.04
190 $2.01 $2.23 $2.90
200 $1.93 $2.14 $2.77
210 $1.85 $2.05 $2.66
220 $1.78 $1.97 $2.55
230 $1.72 $1.90 $2.46
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 0.44 92.40 $____________
Phosphate 80 Pounds 0.65 52.00 $____________
Potash 60 Pounds 0.70 42.00 $____________
Limestone 0.5 Tons 25.00 12.50 $____________
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 20.00 20.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Fungicide 1 Acre 15.00 15.00 $____________
Insecticide 1 Pints 6.00 6.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 180 Bushels 0.17 30.60 $____________
Miscellaneous Overhead 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Machinery Fuel 1 Acre 18.00 18.00 $____________
Machine Repairs 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Hauling & Transportation* 180 Bushels 0.17 30.60 $____________
Irrigation Fuel (Acre Inches) 12 Acre 2.50 33.00 $____________
Irrigation Repairs 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Labor 1 Acre 18.00 18.00 $____________
Irrigation Labor 1 Acre 4.00 4.00 $____________
Custom Application 1 Acre 6.50 6.50 $____________
Subtotal Acre $477.60 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 19.10 $____________
Total Variable Acre $496.70 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 42.00 42.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 1 Acre 70.00 70.00 $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $608.70 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 8.90 $____________
Land Interest 2966 Acre 4.00% 118.64 $____________
Total Cost Acre $736.24 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
140 $3.45 $4.25 $5.16
150 $3.24 $3.99 $4.84
160 $3.06 $3.76 $4.56
170 $2.90 $3.56 $4.31
180 $2.76 $3.38 $4.09
190 $2.63 $3.22 $3.89
200 $2.52 $3.08 $3.72
210 $2.41 $2.95 $3.55
220 $2.32 $2.83 $3.41
230 $2.23 $2.72 $3.27
240 $2.15 $2.62 $3.15
250 $2.08 $2.53 $3.04
260 $2.02 $2.45 $2.94
270 $1.95 $2.37 $2.94
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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