Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating 2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre Alfalfa, Full Season, Baled - 7.5 Ton Goal, Flood Irrigated, Dell City - 122 Acres Far West Extension District - 6 Crop Acres 122 REVENUE Alfalfa Hay - 3X4 Total Revenue Quantity 7.50 Units Ton $/Unit $250.00 VARIABLE COSTS Production Costs Custom Custom Apply Fertilizer Soil Test Fertilizer Fertilizer 11-52-0 Herbicide Crop Oil Concentrate Trifluralin Pursuit Insecticide Warrior Z Intrepid Irrigation Energy Cost Irrigation Labor Machinery Labor Tractors/Self-Propelled Diesel Fuel Tractors/Self-Propelled Gasoline Pickup/General Use Equipment Repairs & Maintenance Pickup/General Use Equipment Irrigation Equipment Tractors/Self-Propelled Implements Interest on Credit Line Total Variable Costs Planned Returns Above Variable Costs: Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs Quantity Units $/Unit FIXED COSTS Machinery Depreciation Pickup/General Use Equipment Irrigation Equipment Tractors/Self-Propelled Implements Equipment Investment Pickup/General Use Equipment Irrigation Equipment Tractors/Self-Propelled Implements Allocated Establishment Cost Trans Pecos Irrigated Land Total Fixed Costs Total Specified Costs Quantity Cash Total $1,875.00 $1,875.00 Total Enterprise Total $228,750.00 $228,750.00 Enterprise Total 1 0.5 Acre Each $4.00 $5.00 $4.00 $2.50 $488.00 $305.00 73 Pound $0.29 $21.17 $2,582.74 5 2 5 Pint Pint Ounce $1.98 $3.13 $3.35 $9.90 $6.25 $16.73 $1,207.80 $762.50 $2,040.64 7.04 2.31 Ounce Ounce $1.36 $1.98 $9.57 $4.57 $1,168.08 $558.14 21.52 0.30 Mcf Hour $4.00 $11.00 $86.08 $3.29 $10,501.76 $400.99 2.48 Hour $12.00 $29.76 $3,630.72 13.49 Gallon $2.10 $28.33 $3,456.14 1 Acre $6.43 $6.43 $784.80 1 1 1 1 Acre Acre Acre Acre $1.61 $28.48 $14.29 $2.09 6.50% $1.61 $28.48 $14.29 $2.09 $5.87 $280.91 $1,594.09 $196.20 $3,474.24 $1,743.04 $254.72 $715.57 $34,271.07 $194,478.93 $37.45 Units 1 1 1 1 $25.13 $279.61 $187.46 $45.82 1 1 Ton $/Unit Total Enterprise Total Acre Acre Acre Acre $6.03 $37.28 $26.25 $5.45 $6.03 $37.28 $26.25 $5.45 $735.75 $4,548.34 $3,202.59 $664.74 Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Acre Acre 6.50% 6.50% 6.50% 6.50% $104.83 $40.00 $1.63 $18.17 $12.18 $2.98 $104.83 $40.00 $254.81 $535.72 $199.27 $2,217.31 $1,486.53 $363.37 $12,789.26 $4,880.00 $31,087.15 $65,358.22 $1,339.28 $163,391.78 Returns Above Specified Costs Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs $71.43 Ton Example Breakeven Prices Example Yield Percent 75% 90% 100% 110% 125% Example Yield Ton 5.63 6.75 7.50 8.25 9.38 Price Needed to Cover Your Variable Costs $49.94 $41.62 $37.45 $34.05 $29.96 Price Needed to Cover Your Total Costs $95.24 $79.37 $71.43 $64.94 $57.14 Developed by Rob Hogan, Associate Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and not intended to recognize or predict the costs and returns from any one operation. Brand names are mentioned only as examples and imply no endorsement.