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Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 20 Bags .95 19.00 $____________
Nitrogen 0 Pounds 0.44 - $____________
Phosphate 30 Pounds 0.65 19.50 $____________
Potash 50 Pounds 0.70 35.00 $____________
Limestone 0.25 Tons 25.00 6.25 $____________
Zinc 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Sulfur 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Pre-Emerge 1 Acre 22.00 22.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Insecticide 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Desiccation 1 Acre 3.00 3.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 0 Bushels 0.08 - $____________
Hauling & Transportation* 1200 Pounds 0.0020 2.40 $____________
Miscellaneous Overhead 1 Acre 5.00 5.00 $____________
Machinery Fuel 1 Acre 15.00 15.00 $____________
Machine Repairs 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
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 3.00 - $____________
Custom Application 0 Acre 6.50 - $____________
Subtotal Acre $162.15 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 6.49 $____________
Total Variable Acre $168.64 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 38.00 38.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 0 Acre 70.00 - $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $206.64 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 4.45 $____________
Land Interest 1483 Acre 4.00% 59.32 $____________
Total Cost Acre $270.41 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
600 $0.279 $0.342. $0.449
700 $0.239 $0.294 $0.385
800 $0.210 $0.257 $0.337
900 $0.187 $0.229 $0.300
1000 $0.168 $0.206 $0.270
1100 $0.153 $0.188 $0.246
1200 $0.141 $0.172 $0.225
1300 $0.130 $0.159 $0.208
1400 $0.121 $0.148 $0.193
1500 $0.113 $0.138 $0.181
1600 $0.106 $0.130 $0.170
1700 $0.100 $0.122 $0.160
1800 $0.094 $0.115 $0.151
1900 $0.089 $0.109 $0.143
Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 20 Bags .95 19.00 $____________
Nitrogen 0 Pounds 0.44 - $____________
Phosphate 40 Pounds 0.65 26.00 $____________
Potash 65 Pounds 0.70 45.50 $____________
Limestone 0.25 Tons 25.00 6.25 $____________
Zinc 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Sulfur 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Pre-Emerge 1 Acre 22.00 22.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Insecticide 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Desiccation 1 Acre 3.00 3.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 0 Bushels 0.08 - $____________
Hauling & Transportation* 1600 Pounds 0.0020 3.20 $____________
Miscellaneous Overhead 1 Acre 5.00 5.00 $____________
Machinery Fuel 1 Acre 15.00 15.00 $____________
Machine Repairs 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
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 3.00 3.00 $____________
Custom Application 0 Acre 6.50 - $____________
Subtotal Acre $214.95 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 8.60 $____________
Total Variable Acre $223.55 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 38.00 38.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 1 Acre 70.00 70.00 $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $331.55 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 4.45 $____________
Land Interest 1483 Acre 4.00% 59.32 $____________
Total Cost Acre $395.32 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
1000 $0.222 $0.330 $0.394
1100 $0.202 $0.300 $0.358
1200 $0.186 $0.276 $0.329
1300 $0.171 $0.255 $0.304
1400 $0.159 $0.237 $0.282
1500 $0.149 $0.221 $0.263
1600 $0.140 $0.207 $0.247
1700 $0.132 $0.195 $0.233
1800 $0.124 $0.184 $0.220
1900 $0.118 $0.175 $0.208
2000 $0.112 $0.166 $0.198
2100 $0.107 $0.158 $0.189
2200 $0.102 $0.151 $0.180
2300 $0.098 $0.145 $0.172
[Irrigation Economics Home] [ AgEBB ]
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