Projections for Planning Purposes Only Not to be Used without Updating after December 15, 2001 Table 1.A Estimated costs and returns per Acre Alfalfa Establishment, Dryland 2002 Projected Costs and Returns per Acre _______________________________________________________________________ ITEM UNIT PRICE QUANTITY AMOUNT YOUR FARM _______________________________________________________________________ dollars dollars INCOME -------TOTAL INCOME 0.00 _________ DIRECT EXPENSES custom insec. appl. fert. application insecticide insect. - alfalfa 1 seed seed - alfalfa fertilizer fertilizer (N) potash (K) sulfur phosphorus OPERATOR LABOR Implements Tractors DIESEL FUEL Tractors GASOLINE Self-Propelled Eq. REPAIR & MAINTENANCE Implements Tractors Self-Propelled Eq. INTEREST ON OP. CAP. acre acre 3.50 3.50 1.0000 1.0000 3.50 3.50 _________ _________ acre 4.00 1.0000 4.00 _________ lb. 2.75 20.0000 55.00 _________ lb. lb. lb. lb. 0.15 0.12 0.20 0.14 40.0000 40.0000 12.0000 80.0000 6.00 4.80 2.40 11.20 _________ _________ _________ _________ hour hour 8.50 8.50 0.5581 0.5005 4.74 4.25 _________ _________ gal 0.82 2.3385 1.91 _________ gal 1.13 2.8140 3.17 _________ acre acre acre acre 3.54 3.24 0.15 3.47 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 3.54 3.24 0.15 3.47 -------114.91 -114.91 _________ _________ _________ _________ 7.05 5.42 0.26 -------12.74 -------127.65 -127.65 _________ _________ _________ TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES RETURNS ABOVE DIRECT EXPENSES FIXED EXPENSES Implements Tractors Self-Propelled Eq. acre acre acre 7.05 5.42 0.26 TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES RETURNS ABOVE TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ALLOCATED COST ITEMS cash rent - alfalfa acre 20.00 1.0000 20.00 _________ RESIDUAL RETURNS -147.65 _________ _______________________________________________________________________ Projections for Planning Purposes Only. Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the costs and returns from any one particular farm or ranch operation. These projections were collected and developed by staff members of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and approved for publication. B-1241 (C3) Projections for Planning Purposes Only Not to be Used without Updating after December 15, 2001 B-1241 (C3) Table 1.B Estimated resource use and costs for field operations, per Acre Alfalfa Establishment, Dryland 2002 Projected Costs and Returns per Acre _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TRACTOR COST EQUIP COST ALLOC LABOR OPERATING INPUT OPERATION/ SIZE/ TRACTOR PERF TIMES -------------- -------------- ---------------------------------TOTAL OPERATING INPUT UNIT SIZE RATE OVER MTH DIRECT FIXED DIRECT FIXED HOURS COST AMOUNT PRICE COST COST _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------dollars----------dollars -------dollars-------Disc-Tandem (21 ft) insect. - alfalfa 1 insec. appl. Chisel - 25 Feet Chisel - 25 Feet fertilizer (N) fert. application potash (K) sulfur phosphorus Drill - Grain seed - alfalfa Pick-up Truck 21 feet acre acre 25 Feet 25 Feet lb. acre lb. lb. lb. 13.5 feet lb. 3/4 ton 100 0.105 1.00 1.00 Jun Jun 1.11 1.15 1.08 1.74 0.231 7.06 4.00 3.50 125 0.091 1.00 Jul 1.25 1.35 0.52 1.35 0.201 1.71 6.19 125 0.091 1.00 Aug 1.25 1.35 0.52 1.35 0.201 1.71 6.19 1.00 Sep 40.0000 0.15 6.00 6.00 1.0000 3.50 3.50 3.50 40.0000 0.12 4.80 4.80 12.0000 0.20 2.40 2.40 80.0000 0.14 11.20 11.20 40 0.212 1.00 Sep 1.53 1.56 1.41 2.60 0.424 3.60 10.73 20.0000 2.75 55.00 55.00 0.006 28.00 Sep 3.32 0.26 3.59 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------------- ------TOTALS 5.16 5.42 6.87 7.31 1.058 8.99 90.40 124.17 INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL 3.47 UNALLOCATED LABOR 0.00 TOTAL SPECIFIED COST 127.65 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Projections for Planning Purposes Only. Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the costs and returns from any one particular farm or ranch operation. These projections were collected and developed by staff members of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and approved for publication. 1.96 1.0000 1.0000 4.00 3.50 4.00 3.50