Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Sugar Cane, Planted, Furrow Irrigated, Rio Grande Valley - 100 Acres
South Extension District - 12
Crop Acres
100
$/Unit
$0.13
Cash
Total
$1,312.50
$1,312.50
Units
$/Unit
Total
1
1
1
50
50
Acre
Acre
Acre
Ton
Ton
$170.00
$9.20
$160.00
$3.50
$3.20
$170.00
$9.20
$160.00
$175.00
$160.00
$17,000.00
$920.00
$16,000.00
$17,500.00
$16,000.00
2.4
3.3
CWT
CWT
$32.50
$14.00
$78.00
$46.20
$7,800.00
$4,620.00
6
9.6
Pint
Pint
$1.81
$5.81
$10.86
$55.78
$1,086.00
$5,577.60
1
Acre
$15.00
$15.00
$1,500.00
4.5
Ton
$36.00
$162.00
$16,200.00
0.5
Hour
$12.00
$6.00
$600.00
5.50
7.70
Acre/Foot
Hour
$20.00
$12.00
$110.00
$92.40
$11,000.00
$9,240.00
1.2
Hour
$12.00
$14.40
$1,440.00
5.83
Gallon
$2.10
$12.24
$1,224.30
Acre
Acre
$10.54
$10.34
5.00%
REVENUE
Sugar (10.5% of 50 Ton)
Total Revenue
Quantity
10,500.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Custom
Seed Cane Transport/Distribution
Seed Cane Covering
Fixed Harvesting - SC
Variable Harvesting - SC
Hauling - SC
Fertilizer
Fertilizer 10-34-0
UAN (32% N)
Herbicide
Atrazine 4L
Pendimethalin
Miscellaneous
Insurance, Sugarcane
Seed
Seed Cane
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
Allocated Establishment Cost
Cash Rent, Sugar Cane
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
1
1
Units
Pound
Units
1
1
$84.87
$59.33
1
1
$0.13
$10.54
$10.34
$39.54
$1,337.50
($25.00)
Pound
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
$131,250.00
$131,250.00
Enterprise
Total
$1,054.23
$1,033.83
$3,954.06
$133,750.02
($2,500.02)
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
$10.89
$11.52
$10.89
$11.52
$1,089.37
$1,152.10
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
Acre
7.00%
7.00%
$2.11
$110.00
$5.94
$4.15
$2.11
$110.00
$144.62
$1,482.12
$594.06
$415.28
$211.00
$11,000.00
$14,461.80
$148,211.82
Returns Above Specified Costs
($169.62)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$0.14
($16,961.82)
Pound
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Pound
7875.00
9450.00
10500.00
11550.00
13125.00
Price Needed to Cover
Your Variable Costs
$0.17
$0.14
$0.13
$0.12
$0.10
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$0.19
$0.16
$0.14
$0.13
$0.11
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.