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, El Paso Irrigation District Far West Extension District - 6
Crop Acres
122 Acres
122
REVENUE
Alfalfa Hay - 3X4
Total Revenue
Quantity
7.50
Units
Ton
$/Unit
$250.00
Cash
Total
$1,875.00
$1,875.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Custom
Soil Test
Custom Apply Fertilizer
Fertilizer
Fertilizer 11-52-0
Herbicide
Trifluralin
Pursuit
Crop Oil Concentrate
Insecticide
Warrior Z
Intrepid
Irrigation
Water Cost
Machinery Labor
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Diesel Fuel
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Gasoline
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Repairs & Maintenance
Pickup/General Use 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
Total
FIXED COSTS
Machinery Depreciation
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Equipment Investment
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Allocated Establishment Cost
Trans Pecos Irrigated Land
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
Enterprise
Total
$228,750.00
$228,750.00
Enterprise
Total
0.5
1
Each
Acre
$5.00
$4.00
$2.50
$4.00
$305.00
$488.00
73
Pound
$0.29
$21.17
$2,582.74
2
5
5
Pint
Ounce
Pint
$3.13
$3.35
$1.98
$6.25
$16.73
$9.90
$762.50
$2,040.64
$1,207.80
7.04
2.31
Ounce
Ounce
$1.36
$1.98
$9.57
$4.57
$1,168.08
$558.14
48.00
AcreInch
$1.75
$84.00
$10,248.00
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
Acre
Acre
Acre
$1.61
$14.29
$2.09
6.50%
$1.61
$14.29
$2.09
$5.31
$246.51
$1,628.49
$196.20
$1,743.04
$254.72
$648.26
$30,074.76
$198,675.24
$32.87
Units
1
1
1
$25.13
$187.46
$45.82
1
1
Ton
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
Acre
$6.03
$26.25
$5.45
$6.03
$26.25
$5.45
$735.75
$3,202.59
$664.74
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
Acre
6.50%
6.50%
6.50%
$104.83
$40.00
$1.63
$12.18
$2.98
$104.83
$40.00
$199.36
$445.87
$199.27
$1,486.53
$363.37
$12,789.26
$4,880.00
$24,321.50
$54,396.27
$1,429.13
$174,353.73
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$59.45
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
$43.82
$36.52
$32.87
$29.88
$26.29
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$79.27
$66.05
$59.45
$54.04
$47.56
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.