Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Corn, Reduced 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
Glyphosate
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
1.25
2
Pint
Pint
$2.48
$2.35
$3.10
$4.71
$310.00
$470.80
$2.61
$65.25
$6,525.00
25 Thousand
1
Acre
$7.50
$7.50
$750.00
0.2096
Hour
$12.00
$2.52
$251.52
0.80
2.20
Acre/Foot
Hour
$20.00
$12.00
$16.00
$26.40
$1,600.00
$2,640.00
0.79
Hour
$12.00
$9.48
$948.00
3.52
Gallon
$2.10
$7.39
$739.20
Acre
Acre
$5.43
$10.02
5.00%
$543.13
$1,001.76
$366.54
$26,645.96
$33,834.04
$1.90
$5.43
$10.02
$3.67
$266.46
$338.34
Bushel
$/Unit
Total
1
1
Units
1
1
$43.72
$60.73
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
$5.61
$11.96
$5.61
$11.96
$561.24
$1,195.75
Dollars
Dollars
7.00%
7.00%
$3.06
$4.25
$24.88
$291.34
$306.06
$425.12
$2,488.16
$29,134.12
$313.46
$31,345.88
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$2.08
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
$2.54
$2.11
$1.90
$1.73
$1.52
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$2.77
$2.31
$2.08
$1.89
$1.66
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.