Projections for Planning Purposes Only Not to be Used without Updating after November 1, 2005 Table 3.A Estimated costs and returns per Acre Alfalfa, Dryland 2006 Projected Costs and Returns per Acre _______________________________________________________________________ ITEM UNIT PRICE QUANTITY AMOUNT YOUR FARM _______________________________________________________________________ dollars dollars INCOME hay - alfalfa ton 110.00 1.2500 137.50 _________ hay - alfalfa ton 110.00 1.0000 110.00 _________ hay - alfalfa ton 110.00 1.0000 110.00 _________ -------TOTAL INCOME 357.50 _________ DIRECT EXPENSES custom fert. application herb. application insec. appl. custom baling - alf herbicide herb. - alf. valpar herb. - Butyrac insecticide insect. - alfalfa 1 insect. - alfalfa 2 fertilizer fertilizer (N) fertilizer (P) sulfur OPERATOR LABOR Self-Propelled Eq. GASOLINE Self-Propelled Eq. REPAIR & MAINTENANCE Self-Propelled Eq. INTEREST ON OP. CAP. acre acre acre ton 3.50 3.50 3.50 20.00 1.0000 1.5000 2.0000 3.2500 3.50 5.25 7.00 65.00 _________ _________ _________ _________ acre pint 7.92 3.80 1.0000 2.0000 7.92 7.60 _________ _________ acre acre 4.00 7.40 2.0000 1.0000 8.00 7.40 _________ _________ lb. lb. lb. 0.40 0.30 0.18 20.0000 50.0000 12.0000 8.00 15.00 2.16 _________ _________ _________ hour 9.00 0.1172 1.05 _________ gal 2.10 1.7587 3.69 _________ Acre Acre 0.16 4.16 1.0000 1.0000 0.16 4.16 -------145.90 211.59 _________ _________ 0.34 -------0.34 -------146.25 211.24 _________ TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES RETURNS ABOVE DIRECT EXPENSES FIXED EXPENSES Self-Propelled Eq. Acre 0.34 TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES RETURNS ABOVE TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES 1.0000 _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ALLOCATED COST ITEMS cash rent - alfalfa acre 20.00 1.0000 20.00 _________ RESIDUAL RETURNS 191.24 _________ perennial - alf dry acre 39.35 1.0000 39.35 _________ RESIDUAL RETURNS 151.89 _________ _______________________________________________________________________ Projections for Planning Purposes Only. Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide & not intended to recognize or predict the costs & returns from any one operation. These projections were collected & developed by TCE staff & approved for publication. B-1241 (C3) Projections for Planning Purposes Only Not to be Used without Updating after November 1, 2005 B-1241 (C3) Table 3.B Estimated resource use and costs for field operations, per Acre Alfalfa, Dryland 2006 Projected Costs and Returns per Acre _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TRACTOR COST EQUIP COST ALLOC LABOR OPER OPERATION/ SIZE/ TRACTOR PERF TIMES -------------- -------------- ------------------OPERATING INPUT UNIT SIZE RATE OVER MTH DIRECT FIXED DIRECT FIXED HOURS COST AMOUNT _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------dollars----------dollars fertilizer (N) lb. fertilizer (P) lb. fert. application acre sulfur lb. herb. - alf. valpar acre herb. application acre insect. - alfalfa 1 acre insec. appl. acre insect. - alfalfa 1 acre insec. appl. acre herb. - Butyrac pint herb. application acre Pick-up Truck 3/4 ton custom baling - alf ton custom baling - alf ton insect. - alfalfa 2 acre insec. appl. acre custom baling - alf ton 1.00 Feb 1.00 Mar 1.00 Apr 1.00 May 0.006 17.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 May Jun Jul Aug 1.00 Sep 20.0000 50.0000 1.0000 12.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 0.5000 2.0000 0.5000 3.85 0.34 0.117 1.05 1.2500 1.0000 1.0000 0.5000 1.0000 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------TOTALS 0.00 0.00 3.85 0.34 0.117 1.05 INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL UNALLOCATED LABOR TOTAL SPECIFIED COST _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Projections for Planning Purposes Only. Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide & not intended to recognize or predict the costs & returns from any one operation. These projections were collected & developed by TCE staff & approved for publication.