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Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 0.16 Bags 90.00 14.40 $____________
Nitrogen 90 Pounds 0.44 39.60 $____________
Phosphate 35 Pounds 0.65 22.75 $____________
Potash 25 Pounds 0.70 17.50 $____________
Limestone 0.25 Tons 25.00 6.25 $____________
Starter Fertilizer 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Zinc 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Sulfur 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Burn Down Herbicides 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Pre-Emerge 1 Acre 26.00 26.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 1 Acre 4.00 4.00 $____________
Fungicide 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Insecticide 1 Acre 16.00 16.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 70 Bushels 0.17 11.90 $____________
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 0.17 11.90 $____________
Irrigation Fuel (Acre Inches) 0 Acre 2.50 - $____________
Irrigation Repairs 0 Acre 12.00 - $____________
Labor 1 Acre 15.00 15.00 $____________
Irrigation Labor 0 Acre 5.00 - $____________
Custom Application 2 Acre 6.50 13.00 $____________
Subtotal Acre $238.30 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 9.53 $____________
Total Variable Acre $247.83 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 35.00 35.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 0 Acre 70.00 - $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $282.83 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 4.45 $____________
Land Interest 1483 Acre 4.00% 59.32 $____________
Total Cost Acre $346.60 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
50 $4.82 $5.52 $6.80
60 $4.07 $4.66 $5.72
70........$3.54 $4.04 $4.95
80 $3.14 $3.58 $4.38
90 $2.83 $3.22 $3.93
100 $2.58 $2.93 $3.57
110 $2.38 $2.69 $3.27
120 $2.21 $2.50 $3.03
130 $2.06 $2.33 $2.82
140 $1.94 $2.19 $2.65
150 $1.83 $2.07 $2.49
160 $1.74 $1.96 $2.36
170 $1.66 $1.86 $2.24
180 $1.58 $1.78 $2.13
Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 0.2 Bags 90.00 18.00 $____________
Nitrogen 125 Pounds 0.44 55.00 $____________
Phosphate 55 Pounds 0.65 35.75 $____________
Potash 35 Pounds 0.70 24.50 $____________
Limestone 0.25 Tons 25.00 6.25 $____________
Starter Fertilizer 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Zinc 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Sulfur 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Burn Down Herbicides 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Pre-Emerge 1 Acre 26.00 26.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 1 Acre 4.00 4.00 $____________
Fungicide 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Insecticide 1 Acre 16.00 16.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 110 Bushels 0.17 18.70 $____________
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 0.17 18.70 $____________
Irrigation Fuel (Acre Inches) 8 Acre 2.50 20.40 $____________
Irrigation Repairs 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Labor 1 Acre 15.00 15.00 $____________
Irrigation Labor 1 Acre 5.00 5.00 $____________
Custom Application 2 Acre 6.50 13.00 $____________
Subtotal Acre $327.90 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 35.00 $____________
Total Variable Acre $341.02 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 35.00 35.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 1 Acre 70.00 70.00 $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $446.02 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 4.45 $____________
Land Interest 1483 Acre 4.00% 59.32 $____________
Total Cost Acre $509.79 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
70........$4.68... $6.18 $7.09
80 $4.14 $5.45 $6.24
90 $3.71 $4.88 $5.59
100 $3.38 $4.43 $5.06
110 $3.10 $4.05 $4.63
120 $2.87 $3.75 $4.28
130 $2.68 $3.48 $3.97
140 $2.51 $3.26 $3.71
150 $2.36 $3.06 $3.49
160 $2.24 $2.89 $3.29
170 $2.13 $2.74 $3.12
180 $2.03 $2.61 $2.96
190 $1.94 $2.49 $2.83
200 $1.86 $2.38 $2.70
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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