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Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 2.25 Bags 16.00 36.00 $____________
Nitrogen 105 Pounds 0.44 46.20 $____________
Phosphate 40 Pounds 0.65 26.00 $____________
Potash 20 Pounds 0.70 14.00 $____________
Limestone 0.25 Tons 25.00 6.25 $____________
Starter Fertilizer 0 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Zinc 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Sulfur 12 Pounds 0.65 7.80 $____________
Boron 0 Pounds 0.00 - $____________
Post-Emerge - Ryegrass 1 Acre 18.00 18.00 $____________
Post-Emerge - Broadleaf 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Fungicide 1 Acre 15.00 15.00 $____________
Insecticide 2 Acre 6.00 12.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 70 Bushels 0.08 5.60 $____________
Miscellaneous Overhead 1 Acre 5.00 5.00 $____________
Machinery Fuel 1 Acre 12.00 12.00 $____________
Machine Repairs 1 Acre 8.00 8.00 $____________
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 12.00 12.00 $____________
Irrigation Labor 0 Acre 4.00 - $____________
Custom Application 1 Acre 6.50 6.50 $____________
Subtotal Acre $252.25 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 10.09 $____________
Total Variable Acre $262.34 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 29.00 29.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 0 Acre 70.00 - $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $291.34 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 4.45 $____________
Land Interest 1483 Acre 4.00% 59.32 $____________
Total Cost Acre $355.11 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
Bushels/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
40 $6.37 $7.10 $8.69
45 $5.69 $6.34 $7.75
50 $5.15 $5.73 $7.00
55 $4.70 $5.23 $6.39
60 $4.33 $4.81 $5.88
65 $4.02 $4.46 $5.44
70 $3.75 $4.16 $5.07
75 $3.51 $3.90 $4.75
80 $3.31 $3.67 $4.47
85 $3.13 $3.47 $4.22
90 $2.97 $3.29 $4.00
95 $2.83 $3.13 $3.80
100 $2.70 $2.99 $3.63
105 $2.58 $2.86 $3.47
[Irrigation Economics Home] [ AgEBB ]
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HenggelerJ@missouri.edu
or phone (573-379-5431);
University of Missouri Delta Center/Portageville, MO 63873