Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 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
Cash
Total
$0.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Herbicide
Simazine 4L
Krovar I 80 DF
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
Insecticide
Admire Pro
Provado
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
Allocated Establishment Cost
Land Cost, Orchard
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
Enterprise
Total
$0.00
Enterprise
Total
1.25
3
Gallon
Pound
$20.40
$14.88
$25.50
$44.64
$2,550.00
$4,464.00
140
Tree
$15.00
$2,100.00
$210,000.00
0.858
CWT
$18.25
$15.66
$1,565.85
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
0.875
20
Pint
Ounce
$26.67
$1.03
$23.34
$20.60
$2,333.63
$2,060.00
0.0112
Hour
$12.00
$0.13
$13.44
2.40
6.00
Acre/Foot
Hour
$20.00
$12.00
$48.00
$72.00
$4,800.00
$7,200.00
0.24
Hour
$12.00
$2.88
$288.00
1.21
Gallon
$2.10
$2.54
$254.10
Acre
Acre
$2.33
$0.35
5.00%
1
1
$2.33
$0.35
$122.94
$3,200.31
($3,200.31)
$232.91
$34.77
$12,294.40
$320,031.09
($320,031.09)
n/a
Units
1
1
$18.75
$1.34
1
1
Acre
Acre
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
Acre
$/Unit
Enterprise
Total
$2.41
$0.31
$2.41
$0.31
$240.67
$31.29
7.00%
7.00%
$45.00
$120.00
$1.31
$0.09
$45.00
$120.00
$169.13
$3,369.44
$131.24
$9.37
$4,500.00
$12,000.00
$16,912.58
$336,943.67
($3,369.44)
($336,943.67)
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
Total
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
Your Variable Costs
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
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.