Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Grapefruit, Year 1, Orchard Establishment, Flood Irrigated, Rio Grande Valley - 100 Acres
South Extension District - 12
Crop Acres
100
REVENUE
Total Revenue
Quantity
Units
$/Unit
Total
$0.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Seed
Young Citrus Trees
Fertilizer
Ammonium Sulfate (21% N)
Custom
Land Prep and Level
Layout and Plant
Custom Fertilize Citrus
Tree Wrap/Unwrap
Miscellaneous
Insurance, Grapefruit, Year 1
Tree Wraps
Herbicide
Simazine 4L
Krovar I 80 DF
Other Labor
Unallocated Labor
Irrigation
Water Cost
Irrigation 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
Enterprise
Total
$0.00
Enterprise
Total
FIXED COSTS
Machinery Depreciation
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Equipment Investment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Allocated Establishment Cost
Land Cost, Orchard
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
140
Tree
$15.00
$2,100.00
$210,000.00
0.858
CWT
$18.60
$15.96
$1,595.88
1
140
3
140
Acre
Tree
Acre
Tree
$165.00
$1.38
$4.40
$1.10
$165.00
$193.20
$13.20
$154.00
$16,500.00
$19,320.00
$1,320.00
$15,400.00
1
140
Acre
Tree
$40.00
$1.10
$40.00
$154.00
$4,000.00
$15,400.00
1.25
3
Gallon
Pound
$25.36
$14.25
$31.70
$42.75
$3,170.00
$4,275.00
Hour
$9.00
$0.10
$10.08
2.40
6.00
Acre/Foot
Hour
$20.00
$9.00
$48.00
$54.00
$4,800.00
$5,400.00
0.24
Hour
$9.00
$2.16
$216.00
1.21
Gallon
$3.00
$3.63
$363.00
Acre
Acre
$2.33
$0.35
9.00%
0.0112
1
1
$232.91
$34.77
$21,785.85
$323,823.49
($323,823.49)
n/a
Units
1
1
$27.17
$2.43
1
1
Acre
Acre
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
Acre
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
$2.41
$0.31
$2.41
$0.31
$240.67
$31.29
9.00%
9.00%
$45.00
$120.00
$2.45
$0.22
$45.00
$120.00
$170.38
$3,408.62
$244.55
$21.90
$4,500.00
$12,000.00
$17,038.42
$340,861.90
($3,408.62)
($340,861.90)
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$2.33
$0.35
$217.86
$3,238.23
($3,238.23)
n/a
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Price Needed to Cover Price Needed to Cover
Example Variable Costs Example Total Costs
Own/Rent ShareTenant Own/Rent ShareTenant
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
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.