Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Grain Sorghum, Reduced Tillage, Furrow Irrigated, Rio Grande Valley - 100 Acres
South Extension District - 12
Crop Acres
100
REVENUE
Grain Sorghum
Total Revenue
Quantity
45.00
Units
CWT
$/Unit
$7.10
None
Total
$319.50
$319.50
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Custom
Harvest/Haul Sorghum
Fertilizer
Fertilizer 25-10-0
Herbicide
Glyphosate
AAtrex 4L
Insecticide
Transform
Seed
Grain Sorghum Seed
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
FIXED COSTS
Machinery Depreciation
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Equipment Investment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
Enterprise
Total
$31,950.00
$31,950.00
Enterprise
Total
45
CWT
$0.90
$40.50
$4,050.00
0.2
Ton
$335.00
$67.00
$6,700.00
3.25
2
Pint
Pint
$2.48
$2.35
$8.06
$4.71
$806.00
$470.80
1
Ounce
$7.50
$7.50
$750.00
6
Pound
$4.00
$24.00
$2,400.00
0.22
Hour
$12.00
$2.64
$264.00
0.40
1.10
Acre/Foot
Hour
$20.00
$12.00
$8.00
$13.20
$800.00
$1,320.00
0.93
Hour
$12.00
$11.16
$1,116.00
4.78
Gallon
$2.10
$10.04
$1,003.80
Acre
Acre
$7.09
$13.82
5.00%
$7.09
$13.82
$3.14
$220.86
$98.64
$709.39
$1,381.93
$314.28
$22,086.20
$9,863.80
1
1
$4.91
Units
1
1
$63.48
$75.27
CWT
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
$8.20
$17.55
$8.20
$17.55
$820.00
$1,755.19
Dollars
Dollars
7.00%
7.00%
$4.44
$5.27
$35.46
$256.33
$444.33
$526.89
$3,546.41
$25,632.61
$63.17
$6,317.39
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$5.70
CWT
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
CWT
33.75
40.50
45.00
49.50
56.25
Price Needed to Cover
Your Variable Costs
$6.54
$5.45
$4.91
$4.46
$3.93
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$7.59
$6.33
$5.70
$5.18
$4.56
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.