Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Alamo Switchgrass, Full Season, Pivot Irrigated, Baled - 122 Acres
Far West Extension District - 6
Crop Acres
122
REVENUE
Switchgrass
Total Revenue
Quantity
3.17
Units
Ton
$/Unit
$160.00
Cash
Total
$507.20
$507.20
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Fertilizer
N-32 in Water
Urea, Solid (46% N)
Herbicide
2,4-D Amine 4
Other Labor
Hand Labor
Irrigation
Energy Cost
Irrigation Labor
Machinery Labor
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Diesel Fuel
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Repairs & Maintenance
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
Total
FIXED COSTS
Machinery Depreciation
Irrigation Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Equipment Investment
Irrigation Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
CoastalEstablishDryland
Allocated Establishment Cost
Trans Pecos Irrigated Land
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
Enterprise
Total
$61,878.40
$61,878.40
Enterprise
Total
20
0.45
Pound
CWT
$0.17
$19.75
$3.40
$8.89
$414.80
$1,084.28
40
Ounce
$0.12
$4.80
$585.60
0.14
Hour
$8.50
$1.19
$145.18
4.56
0.03
Mcf
Hour
$4.00
$11.00
$18.24
$0.29
$2,225.28
$35.43
1.5
Hour
$12.00
$18.00
$2,196.00
7.34
Gallon
$2.10
$15.41
$1,880.51
Acre
Acre
Acre
$12.02
$7.83
$1.65
6.50%
$12.02
$7.83
$1.65
$1.90
$93.62
$413.58
$1,466.07
$955.01
$201.72
$232.16
$11,422.03
$50,456.37
1
1
1
$29.53
Units
1
1
1
$364.78
$78.70
$29.78
1
1
Ton
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
Acre
$48.64
$11.04
$3.42
$48.64
$11.04
$3.42
$5,933.75
$1,347.15
$417.46
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
Acre
6.50%
6.50%
6.50%
$41.84
$40.00
$23.71
$5.12
$1.94
$41.84
$40.00
$175.70
$269.33
$2,892.70
$624.09
$236.16
$5,104.48
$4,880.00
$21,435.78
$32,857.81
$237.87
$29,020.59
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$84.96
Ton
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Ton
2.38
2.85
3.17
3.49
3.96
Price Needed to Cover
Your Variable Costs
$39.38
$32.82
$29.53
$26.85
$23.63
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$113.28
$94.40
$84.96
$77.24
$67.97
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.