Projections for Planning Purposes Only Not to be Used without Updating after December 15, 1999 B-1241 (C01&2) Alfalfa, Sprinkler Irrigated, (Natural Gas) Texas High Plains 2000 Projected Costs and Returns per Acre GROSS INCOME Description ============================ HAY ALFALFA Quantity ========= 5.500 Unit ==== ton $ / Unit =========== 97.9000 Total GROSS Income VARIABLE COST Description ================================= PREHARVEST FERTILIZER (P) FERTILIZER APPL. INSECTICIDE+APPL HERBICIDE+APPL. Fuel & Lube - Machinery - Irrigation Repairs - Machinery - Irrigation Labor - Machinery - Irrigation Quantity =========== Unit ==== $ / Unit =========== Total =========== 100.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 lb. acre appl acre Acre Acre Acre Acre Hour Hour .365 3.000 10.000 16.000 36.50 3.00 10.00 16.00 1.80 43.44 0.30 8.25 5.13 10.70 ----------135.12 0.733 1.536 7.000 6.963 Total PREHARVEST Interest - OC Borrowed Interest - Positive Cash HARVEST CUSTOM BALING 60.848 -14.734 5.500 Dol. Dol. ton Total HARVEST Total VARIABLE COST GROSS INCOME minus VARIABLE COST FIXED COST Description ================================= Machinery and Equipment Irrigation Land Perennial Crop Total FIXED Cost Total of ALL Cost NET PROJECTED RETURNS Total =========== 538.45 =========== 538.45 Your Estimate ======== ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ 0.096 0.045 5.85 ________ -0.66 ________ 20.000 110.00 ________ ----------110.00 ________ =========== 250.31 ________ 288.14 ________ Unit ==== Acre Acre Acre Acre Total =========== 3.73 78.64 75.00 49.89 =========== 207.26 ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ 457.56 ________ 80.89 ________ 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 December 15, 1999 Date Stage Type Product Name Number Weight of of of per Production Prod. Units Head ======== ================ ===== ========================= ============= ============= 09/15/00 HARVEST A HAY ALFALFA 5.5000 .0000 Date ======== 03/10/00 03/10/00 03/15/00 03/31/00 04/15/00 05/15/00 05/20/00 05/20/00 06/15/00 07/15/00 08/15/00 09/30/00 09/30/00 09/30/00 Stage Type of of Production Input ================ ===== PREHARVEST E PREHARVEST G PREHARVEST O PREHARVEST M PREHARVEST O PREHARVEST O PREHARVEST G PREHARVEST G PREHARVEST O PREHARVEST O PREHARVEST O PREHARVEST L PREHARVEST K HARVEST G Input Name Number of Units ========================= ============= FERTILIZER (P) LIQUID 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 HERBICIDE+APPL. ALFALFA1 1.0000 IRRIGATION 4.5000 IRRIGATION 4.5000 IRRIGATION 4.5000 ALFALFA 1.0000 CASH-RENT ALFALFA 1.0000 CUSTOM BALING ROUND 5.5000 B-1241 (C01&2) 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 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.