Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Grapefruit, Year 8+, Mature Orchard, Flood Irrigated, Rio Grande Valley - 100 Acres
South Extension District - 12
Crop Acres
100
REVENUE
Grapefruit (Rio Red)
Total Revenue
Quantity
23.00
Units
Ton
$/Unit
$120.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Fertilizer
Ammonium Sulfate (21% N)
Custom
Hedging or Topping
Custom Fertilize Citrus
Custom Orchard Spray
Miscellaneous
Insurance, Established Grapefruit
Herbicide
Simazine 4L
Krovar I 80 DF
Insecticide
Vendex
Lorsban 4E
Citrus Oil
Admire Pro
Agri-Mek SC
Provado
Other Chemicals
Surfactant - Citrus
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
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
Cash
Total
$2,760.00
$2,760.00
Total
Enterprise
Total
$276,000.00
$276,000.00
Enterprise
Total
7.14
CWT
$18.25
$130.31
$13,030.50
0.5
2
4
Acre
Acre
Acre
$66.00
$4.40
$38.50
$33.00
$8.80
$154.00
$3,300.00
$880.00
$15,400.00
1
Acre
$115.00
$115.00
$11,500.00
1.25
3
Gallon
Pound
$20.40
$14.88
$25.50
$44.64
$2,550.00
$4,464.00
6
8
5
0.875
0.078
20
Pound
Pint
Gallon
Pint
Gallon
Ounce
$36.00
$6.11
$8.20
$26.67
$480.68
$1.03
$216.00
$48.88
$41.00
$23.34
$37.49
$20.60
$21,600.00
$4,888.00
$4,100.00
$2,333.63
$3,749.30
$2,060.00
2
Pint
$3.60
$7.20
$720.00
0.0122
Hour
$12.00
$0.15
$14.64
1.20
3.00
Acre/Foot
Hour
$20.00
$12.00
$24.00
$36.00
$2,400.00
$3,600.00
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%
$2.33
$0.35
$28.11
$1,002.11
$1,757.89
$232.91
$34.77
$2,810.92
$100,210.77
$175,789.23
1
1
$43.57
Units
1
1
$18.75
$1.34
1
1
Acre
Acre
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
Acre
Ton
$/Unit
Total
$2.41
$0.31
$2.41
$0.31
$240.67
$31.29
7.00%
7.00%
$254.04
$120.00
$1.31
$0.09
$254.04
$120.00
$378.17
$1,380.27
$131.24
$9.37
$25,404.00
$12,000.00
$37,816.58
$138,027.34
$1,379.73
$137,972.66
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
Enterprise
Total
$60.01
Ton
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Ton
17.25
20.70
23.00
25.30
28.75
Price Needed to Cover
Your Variable Costs
$58.09
$48.41
$43.57
$39.61
$34.86
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$80.02
$66.68
$60.01
$54.56
$48.01
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.