Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Watermelon, Open Pollinated Varieties, Dryland, Rio Grande Valley - 40 Acres
South Extension District - 12
Crop Acres
40
REVENUE
Watermelon, Allsweet
Total Revenue
Quantity
250.00
Units
CWT
$/Unit
$18.00
Total
$4,500.00
$4,500.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Seed
Watermelon Seed, OP
Fertilizer
Fertilizer 10-34-0
Custom
Bee Rental
Harvest and Sell Watermelons
Herbicide
Trifluralin 4EC
Insecticide
Thiodan 3 EC
Fungicides
Bravo Ultrex
Quadris
Other Labor
Unallocated Labor
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
Units
$/Unit
Total
FIXED COSTS
Machinery Depreciation
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Equipment Investment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Cash Rent, South Texas
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
3
Pound
$20.00
$60.00
$2,400.00
1.5
CWT
$26.00
$39.00
$1,560.00
1
250
Hive
CWT
$85.00
$3.30
$85.00
$825.00
$3,400.00
$33,000.00
2
Pint
$3.34
$6.68
$267.20
2
Quart
$9.03
$18.06
$722.40
1
32
Quart
Ounce
$12.82
$2.86
$12.82
$91.52
$512.80
$3,660.80
0.9336
Hour
$9.00
$8.40
$336.10
1.43
Hour
$9.00
$12.87
$514.80
9.23
Gallon
$3.00
$27.69
$1,107.60
Acre
Acre
$17.30
$12.96
9.00%
$692.19
$518.44
$318.67
$49,010.99
$130,989.01
$4.90
$17.30
$12.96
$7.97
$1,225.27
$3,274.73
CWT
$/Unit
Total
1
1
Units
1
1
$200.91
$156.02
1
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
$17.80
$16.04
$17.80
$16.04
$711.80
$641.74
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
9.00%
9.00%
$65.00
$18.08
$14.04
$65.00
$130.96
$1,356.24
$723.28
$561.65
$2,600.00
$5,238.48
$54,249.47
$3,143.76
$125,750.53
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
Enterprise
Total
$180,000.00
$180,000.00
Enterprise
Total
$5.42
CWT
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
CWT
187.50
225.00
250.00
275.00
312.50
Price Needed to Cover
Price Needed to Cover
Example Variable Costs Example Total Costs
Own/Rent ShareTenant Own/Rent ShareTenant
$6.53
$6.53
$7.23
$7.23
$5.45
$5.45
$6.03
$6.03
$4.90
$4.90
$5.42
$5.42
$4.46
$4.46
$4.93
$4.93
$3.92
$3.92
$4.34
$4.34
Landlord
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Developed by Luis Ribera, 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.