Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Soft Red Winter Wheat, 45 bu. Yield Goal - 500 Acres
Upper Coastal Bend Extension District - 11
Crop Acres
500
REVENUE
Soft Red Wheat
Total Revenue
Quantity
45.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Seed
Soft Red Wheat
Fertilizer
18-18-18
46-0-0
Custom
Fertilizer Application UC
Apply by Air
Custom Grain Haul
Miscellaneous
Crop Insurance -Wheat UC
Hand Labor
G&A Overhead
Herbicide
Wheat PostEmerge Herbicide
Machinery Labor
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Diesel Fuel
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Repairs & Maintenance
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
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Equipment Investment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Management Fee, Owner/Operator Labor
UCB - Land Charge
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
Units
Bushel
Units
$/Unit
$5.65
Total
$254.25
$254.25
$/Unit
Total
90
Pound
$0.34
$30.60
$15,300.00
159
100
Pounds
Pounds
$0.23
$0.23
$35.78
$23.00
$17,887.50
$11,500.00
2
1
27
Acre
Acre
CWT
$5.50
$6.00
$0.30
$11.00
$6.00
$8.10
$5,500.00
$3,000.00
$4,050.00
1
0.0833
1
Acre
Hour
Acre
$16.50
$13.75
$10.50
$16.50
$1.15
$10.50
$8,250.00
$572.69
$5,250.00
0.5
Ounce
$10.43
$5.22
$2,607.50
0.65
Hour
$19.50
$12.68
$6,337.50
7.08
Gallon
$3.30
$23.36
$11,682.00
Acre
Acre
$20.64
$11.76
5.00%
$10,321.58
$5,878.82
$3,045.70
$111,183.29
$15,941.71
$4.94
$20.64
$11.76
$6.09
$222.37
$31.88
Bushel
$/Unit
Total
1
1
Units
1
1
$224.79
$131.30
1
1
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
$19.81
$14.14
$19.81
$14.14
$9,903.33
$7,070.89
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
Acre
7.00%
7.00%
$12.71
$85.00
$15.74
$9.19
$12.71
$85.00
$156.59
$378.95
$7,867.60
$4,595.57
$6,356.25
$42,500.00
$78,293.64
$189,476.93
($124.70)
($62,351.93)
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
Enterprise
Total
$127,125.00
$127,125.00
Enterprise
Total
$8.42
Bushel
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Bushel
33.75
40.50
45.00
49.50
56.25
Price Needed to Cover
Price Needed to Cover
Example Variable Costs Example Total Costs
Own/Rent ShareTenant Own/Rent ShareTenant
$6.59
$6.59
$11.23
$11.23
$5.49
$5.49
$9.36
$9.36
$4.94
$4.94
$8.42
$8.42
$4.49
$4.49
$7.66
$7.66
$3.95
$3.95
$6.74
$6.74
Landlord
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Developed by Levi Russell, Assistant Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
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.