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Variable Cost Number Units Cost Total Your Cost
of Units $/Unit Cost/Acre $/Acre
Seed 10 Pounds 3.80 38.00 $____________
Nitrogen 185 Pounds 0.44 81.40 $____________
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 30.00 30.00 $____________
Post-Emerge 1 Acre 4.00 4.00 $____________
Fungicide 1 Acre 0.00 - $____________
Insecticide 1 Acre 10.00 10.00 $____________
Drying Fuel & Electricity* 0 Bushels 0.14 - $____________
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* 5000 Pounds 0.0020 10.00 $____________
Irrigation Fuel (Acre Inches) 12 Acre 2.50 30.00 $____________
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 $390.40 $____________
Interest (1/2 year at 8.0%) 0.5 Acre 8.00% 15.62 $____________
Total Variable Acre $406.02 $____________
Fixed Machinery Cost 1 Acre 42.00 42.00 $____________
Fixed Irrigation Cost 1 Acre 70.00 70.00 $____________
Total (Excluding Land) Acre $518.02 $____________
Land Real Estate Taxes 1 Acre 0.30% 8.90 $____________
Land Interest 2966 Acre 4.00% 118.64 $____________
Total Cost Acre $645.55 $____________
* Drying & Transportation Costs Change With Yields
Breakeven Price in $/Bushel
Yield in Variable Total Cost Total
LB/Acre Cost Excluding Land Cost
3000 $0.134 $0.171 $0.214
3250 $0.124 $0.158 $0.198
3500 $0.115 $0.147 $0.184
3750 $0.108 $0.137 $0.171
4000 $0.101 $0.129 $0.161
4250 $0.095 $0.122 $0.152
4500 $0.090 $0.115 $0.143
4750 $0.085 $0.109 $0.136
5000 $0.081 $0.104 $0.129
5250 $0.077 $0.099 $0.123
5500 $0.074 $0.094 $0.118
5750 $0.071 $0.090 $0.113
6000 $0.068 $0.087 $0.108
6250 $0.065 $0.083 $0.104
[Irrigation Economics Home] [ AgEBB ]
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HenggelerJ@missouri.edu
or phone (573-379-5431);
University of Missouri Delta Center/Portageville, MO 63873