Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Dryland Sesame - 160 Acres
South Plains Extension District - 2
Crop Acres
160
REVENUE
Sesame - Non-irrigated
Total Revenue
Quantity
700.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Herbicide
Herbicide - Sesame
Seed
Seed - Sesame
Fertilizer
Fertilizer (N) - Liquid
Custom
Fertilizer Application - Liquid High
Custom Harvest - Sesame
Custom Haul - Sesame
Miscellaneous
Crop Insurance Sesame - Dryland
Machinery Labor
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Diesel Fuel
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Gasoline
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Repairs & Maintenance
Pickup/General Use Equipment
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
Equipment Fixed Costs
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Management Fee, Owner/Operator Labor
Cash Rent - Dryland
Whole Farm Insurance
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
Units
Pound
Units
1
$/Unit
$0.25
Cash
Total
$175.00
$175.00
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
$28,000.00
$28,000.00
Enterprise
Total
Acre
$21.75
$21.75
$3,480.00
2.5
Pound
$4.00
$10.00
$1,600.00
30
Pound
$0.58
$17.34
$2,774.40
1
1
7
Acre
Acre
CWT
$4.75
$25.00
$0.12
$4.75
$25.00
$0.84
$760.00
$4,000.00
$134.40
1
Acre
$10.00
$10.00
$1,600.00
1
Hour
$12.00
$12.00
$1,920.00
Gallon
$3.00
$6.60
$1,056.00
1
Acre
$4.50
$4.50
$720.00
1
1
1
Acre
Acre
Acre
$0.50
$6.00
$3.00
6.00%
$80.00
$960.00
$480.00
$534.30
$20,099.10
$7,900.90
$0.18
$0.50
$6.00
$3.00
$3.34
$125.62
$49.38
Pound
$/Unit
Total
2.2
Units
1
1
1
1
1
1
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
$1.25
$12.00
$10.00
$15.00
$30.00
$2.00
$1.25
$12.00
$10.00
$15.00
$30.00
$2.00
$70.25
$195.87
$200.00
$1,920.00
$1,600.00
$2,400.00
$4,800.00
$320.00
$11,240.00
$31,339.10
($20.87)
($3,339.10)
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$0.28
Enterprise
Total
Pound
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Pound
525.00
630.00
700.00
770.00
875.00
Price Needed to Cover
Your Variable Costs
$0.24
$0.20
$0.18
$0.16
$0.14
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$0.37
$0.31
$0.28
$0.25
$0.22
Developed by Jackie Smith, 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.