Projections for Planning Purposes Only
Not to be Used without Updating after March 19, 1998
B-1241 (C01&02)
Alfalfa, Sprinkler Irrigated, (Natural Gas)
Texas High Plains
1998 Projected Costs and Returns per Acre
GROSS INCOME Description
============================
HAY
ALFALFA
Quantity
=========
6.000
Unit
====
ton
$ / Unit
===========
110.0000
Total GROSS Income
VARIABLE COST Description
=================================
PREHARVEST
FERTILIZER (P)
FERTILIZER APPL.
INSECTICIDE+APPL
Fuel & Lube - Machinery
- Irrigation
Repairs
- Machinery
- Irrigation
Labor
- Machinery
- Irrigation
Total
===========
660.00
===========
660.00
Your
Estimate
========
________
________
Quantity
===========
Unit
====
$ / Unit
===========
Total
===========
100.000
1.000
1.000
lb.
acre
appl
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Hour
Hour
.260
3.000
9.000
26.00
3.00
9.00
1.85
48.09
0.30
8.25
5.13
10.70
===========
112.32
________
________
________
________
________
________
________
________
________
0.100
0.050
5.12
-1.03
________
________
20.000
120.00
===========
120.00
===========
236.41
________
423.59
________
Total
===========
3.76
78.64
60.00
49.89
===========
192.29
________
________
________
________
Total of ALL Cost
428.70
________
NET PROJECTED RETURNS
231.30
________
0.733
1.536
7.000
6.963
Total PREHARVEST
Interest
- OC Borrowed
Interest
- Positive Cash
HARVEST
CUSTOM BALING
51.228
-20.665
6.000
Dol.
Dol.
ton
Total HARVEST
Total VARIABLE COST
Break-Even Price, Total Variable Cost
$
Unit
====
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Total FIXED Cost
Break-Even Price, Total Cost $
________
________
39.40 per ton of HAY
GROSS INCOME minus VARIABLE COST
FIXED COST Description
=================================
Machinery and Equipment
Irrigation
Land
Perennial Crop
________
________
71.45 per ton of HAY
Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the costs and returns from any one particular farm or ranch operation.
These projections were collected and developed by staff members of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and approved for publication.
Projections for Planning Purposes Only
Not to be Used without Updating after March 19, 1998
Date
Stage
Type
Product Name
Number
Weight
of
of
of
per
Production
Prod.
Units
Head
======== ================ ===== ========================= ============= =============
09/15/98 HARVEST
A
HAY
ALFALFA
6.0000
.0000
Date
========
03/10/98
03/10/98
03/15/98
03/31/98
04/15/98
05/15/98
05/20/98
06/15/98
07/15/98
08/15/98
09/30/98
09/30/98
09/30/98
Stage
Type
of
of
Production
Input
================ =====
PREHARVEST
E
PREHARVEST
G
PREHARVEST
O
PREHARVEST
M
PREHARVEST
O
PREHARVEST
O
PREHARVEST
G
PREHARVEST
O
PREHARVEST
O
PREHARVEST
O
PREHARVEST
L
PREHARVEST
K
HARVEST
G
Input
Name
Number
of
Units
========================= =============
FERTILIZER (P)
100.0000
FERTILIZER APPL. DRY
1.0000
IRRIGATION
3.0000
PICKUP TRUCK
3/4 TON
20.0000
IRRIGATION
3.0000
IRRIGATION
4.5000
INSECTICIDE+APPL ALFALFA
1.0000
IRRIGATION
4.5000
IRRIGATION
4.5000
IRRIGATION
4.5000
ALFALFA
1.0000
CASH-RENT
ALFALFA
1.0000
CUSTOM BALING
ROUND
6.0000
B-1241 (C01&02)
Cash Landlord Break
NonShare
Even
Cash
Prod.
===== ======== =====
C
.00
Y
Cash Fixed Landlord
Nonor
Share
Cash Vari.
===== ===== ========
C
V
.00
C
V
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
C
V
.00
.00
.00
.00
F
.00
F
.00
.00
Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the costs and returns from any one particular farm or ranch operation.
These projections were collected and developed by staff members of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and approved for publication.