Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Continuous Wheat, Sprinkler Irrigated (NG) - 122 Acres
Panhandle Extension District - 1
Crop Acres
122
REVENUE
Wheat
Grazing - Wheat
Total Revenue
Quantity
50.00
136.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Seed
Seed - Wheat
Fertilizer
Fertilizer (N) - ANH3
Fertilizer (P) - Liquid
Fertilizer (N) - Liquid
Custom
Fertilizer Application - ANH3
Harvest and Haul - Wheat Irrigated
Miscellaneous
Crop Insurance Wheat Irrigated
Insecticide
Insecticide and Apply Wheat
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
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
Cash Rent - Wheat Irrigated
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
Units
Bushel
Pound
Units
$/Unit
$4.50
$0.45
Cash
Total
$225.00
$61.20
$286.20
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
$27,450.00
$7,466.40
$34,916.40
Enterprise
Total
1.2
Bushel
$24.61
$29.54
$3,603.60
50
30
25
Pound
Pound
Pound
$0.36
$0.90
$0.53
$18.00
$27.00
$13.25
$2,196.00
$3,294.00
$1,616.50
1
50
Acre
Bushel
$12.07
$0.63
$12.07
$31.34
$1,472.92
$3,823.33
1
Acre
$35.00
$35.00
$4,270.00
1
Acre
$8.89
$8.89
$1,084.00
10.00
0.96
AcreInch
Hour
$3.20
$12.16
$32.00
$11.67
$3,904.00
$1,424.05
0.87
Hour
$11.97
$10.41
$1,270.22
2.13
Gallon
$1.97
$4.20
$511.92
1
Acre
$4.22
$4.22
$515.00
1
1
1
1
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
$2.51
$40.40
$3.22
$7.79
5.15%
Units
1
1
1
1
$18.18
$421.97
$24.80
$42.09
1
$4.78
$2.51
$40.40
$3.22
$7.79
$8.66
$300.16
($13.96)
Bushel
$/Unit
Total
$306.00
$4,928.80
$392.74
$949.88
$1,056.43
$36,619.37
($1,702.97)
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
$2.63
$22.50
$3.18
$9.84
$2.63
$22.50
$3.18
$9.84
$321.30
$2,745.60
$388.43
$1,200.43
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
5.40%
5.40%
5.40%
5.40%
$75.00
$0.98
$22.79
$1.34
$2.27
$75.00
$140.54
$440.70
$119.80
$2,779.92
$163.40
$277.30
$9,150.00
$17,146.18
$53,765.56
($154.50)
($18,849.16)
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$7.59
Bushel
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Bushel
37.50
45.00
50.00
55.00
62.50
Price Needed to Cover
Your Variable Costs
$6.37
$5.31
$4.78
$4.34
$3.82
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$10.12
$8.43
$7.59
$6.90
$6.07
Developed by Steve Amosson, Regents Fellow, 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.