Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Corn, Conventional Tillage, Furrow Irrigated, Rio Grande Valley - 100 Acres
South Extension District - 12
Crop Acres
100
REVENUE
Corn
Total Revenue
Quantity
140.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Custom
Custom Harvest Corn
Custom Haul Corn
Fertilizer
UAN (32% N)
Herbicide
AAtrex 4L
Seed
Corn Seed
Miscellaneous
Insurance, Corn
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
FIXED COSTS
Machinery Depreciation
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Equipment Investment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
Units
Bushel
Units
$/Unit
$4.32
None
Total
$604.80
$604.80
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
$60,480.00
$60,480.00
Enterprise
Total
140
140
Bushel
Bushel
$0.33
$0.16
$46.20
$22.40
$4,620.00
$2,240.00
2.6
CWT
$14.00
$36.40
$3,640.00
Pint
$2.35
$4.71
$470.80
$2.61
$65.25
$6,525.00
2
25 Thousand
1
Acre
$7.50
$7.50
$750.00
0.4736
Hour
$12.00
$5.68
$568.32
0.80
2.20
Acre/Foot
Hour
$20.00
$12.00
$16.00
$26.40
$1,600.00
$2,640.00
1.02
Hour
$12.00
$12.24
$1,224.00
5.75
Gallon
$2.10
$12.08
$1,207.50
Acre
Acre
$10.40
$13.98
5.00%
$1,039.51
$1,397.69
$399.71
$28,322.53
$32,157.47
$2.02
$10.40
$13.98
$4.00
$283.23
$321.57
Bushel
$/Unit
Total
1
1
Units
1
1
$83.68
$78.80
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
$10.74
$16.30
$10.74
$16.30
$1,074.16
$1,630.41
Dollars
Dollars
7.00%
7.00%
$5.86
$5.52
$38.42
$321.64
$585.76
$551.59
$3,841.91
$32,164.45
$283.16
$28,315.55
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$2.30
Bushel
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Bushel
105.00
126.00
140.00
154.00
175.00
Price Needed to Cover
Your Variable Costs
$2.70
$2.25
$2.02
$1.84
$1.62
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$3.06
$2.55
$2.30
$2.09
$1.84
Developed by Samuel Zapata, Assistant 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.