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Table 1.
Parameters
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Diesel Fuel (DI) Price . . . . . .($/gal):
Electricity (EL) Price . . . . . .($/kWh):
Gasoline (GA) Price. . . . . . . .($/gal):
LP Gas (LP) Price. . . . . . . . .($/gal):
Natural Gas (NG) Price . . . . . .($/Mcf):
Operator Labor (OL) Wage Rate. . . ($/hr):
Hand Labor (HL) Wage Rate. . . . . ($/hr):
Irrigation Labor (IL) Wage Rate. . ($/hr):
Owner Labor (WL) Wage Rate . . . . ($/hr):
Short-term Interest Rate . . . . . . .(%):
Intermediate-term Interest Rate. . . .(%):
Comment at End of Table Titles . . . . . :
Comment at End of Tables:
1.28
0.09
1.50
1.12
5.37
6.50
7.50
6.50
6.50
9.00
8.00
- East Texas (5)
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Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the cost and returns from any on particular farm or ranch operation.
These projections were collected and developed by staff members of Texas Cooperative Extension and approved for publication.

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Table 2.
Self-Propelled Machines
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RECORD
NUM ITEM NAME SIZE
PERF
RATE
FUEL
TYPE
FUEL
CONS
RATE
LABOR
TYPE
LABOR
MULT
PURCHASE
PRICE
SV
RATE
R&M
RATE
USEFUL
LIFE
ANNUAL
USE
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1 Pickup truck 3/4 ton 0.0067
GA 15.00
OL 0.00
30000.00
16.00
80.00
10.00
1500.00
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Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the cost and returns from any on particular farm or ranch operation.
These projections were collected and developed by staff members of Texas Cooperative Extension and approved for publication.

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Table 3.
Tractors
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RECORD
NUM ITEM NAME SIZE
FUEL
TYPE
FUEL
CONS
RATE
LABOR
TYPE
LABOR
MULT
PURCHASE
PRICE
SV
RATE
R&M
RATE
USEFUL
LIFE
ANNUAL
USE
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1 Tractor 100hp
2 Tractor 125 hp
3 Tractor 40 hp
4 Tractor 50 hp
100
125
40
50
DI
DI
DI
DI
5.40
6.69
2.57
3.15
OL
OL
OL
OL
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
43100.00
57700.00
16800.00
13750.00
38.0
38.0
38.0
38.0
60.00
60.00
70.00
60.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
880.00
600.00
360.00
400.00
5 Tractor 75 hp 75 DI 3.86
OL 1.00
29100.00
38.0
75.00
7.00
555.00
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These projections were collected and developed by staff members of Texas Cooperative Extension and approved for publication.

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Table 4.
Implements
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RECORD
NUM ITEM NAME SIZE
PERF
RATE
TRAC
NUM
TRAC
MULT
FUEL
MULT
LABOR
TYPE
ADD
LABOR
PURCHASE
PRICE
SV
RATE
R&M
RATE
USEFUL
LIFE
ANNUAL
USE
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1 Bale Mover
2 Broadcast seeder
4 cultivator - 13 ft
5 cultivator - 20 ft
3 cultivator - rolling
6 disc offset
8 disc-tandem - 8 ft
7 disc-tandem 13 ft
8ft
13 ft
0.1542
0.1539
0.2436
0.1620
0.1833
0.2070
0.2761
0.1699
5
1
5
1
4
3
4
5
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
HL
OL
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
500.00
500.00
2000.00
2000.00
2000.00
3000.00
1400.00
2800.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
200.00
50.00
150.00
150.00
250.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
10 fert. spreader
9 grain drill
11 harrow
12 lister/bedder
0.1539
0.2864
0.2546
0.1938
3
3
3
5
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
OL
OL
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
100.00
1450.00
1000.00
1400.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
50.00
50.00
35.00
175.00
13 moldboard - 3 bottom
14 moldboard - 4 bottom
15 planter
16 shredder - 2 row
0.5729
0.4323
0.2297
0.4153
5
5
5
3
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1200.00
1680.00
1680.00
1795.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
100.00
100.00
30.00
50.00
17 shredder - 4 row
18 sprayer
19 sprayer - airblast
20 sprayer - pasture
2 row
4 row 0.2095
0.2925
0.1351
0.1297
4
3
3
4
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
3250.00
675.00
6600.00
775.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
80.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
50.00
100.00
75.00
50.00
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Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the cost and returns from any on particular farm or ranch operation.
These projections were collected and developed by staff members of Texas Cooperative Extension and approved for publication.

Projections for Planning Purposes Only
Not to be used without Updating after February 15, 2003
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Table 5.
Operating Inputs
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RECORD
NUM ITEM NAME UNIT PRICE
COST
YIELD?
COMMENT
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60 cust baling - round ton
61 cust baling - square bale
70 cust hauling
62 custom drill roll acre
63 custom plant -smgr
64 custom plow
65 fert appl
66 herb. appl acre acre appl acre
67
68
44
69 insect appl mow,rake,bale rye-ryegrass - past sprigging feed
12 hay
13 hay - cow/calf
14 hay stocker
46 salt fertilizer
8 (K) applied appl bale lb acre roll roll roll lb.
9
10
3
4
5
6
7
31
(N) applied
(P) applied
0-0-60
16-6-12
17-17-17
46-0-0
6-24-24 lime lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
ton
33 nitrogen
34 nitrogen - dry
35 nitrogen - pasture
36 nitrogen - sorghum
39
40
41
42 phosphate phosphate - sorghum phosphorus potash lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
43 potassium fungicide
11 foliar fungicide
57 soil fungicide herbicide
1 2-4-D
16 hay - herbicide appl appl
17 pasture - herbicide
15 pre-emerg - bermuda
18 sorghum - herb.
58 weed control
19 wheat - herb.
innoculant
20 arrowleaf - innoc.
21 crimson - innoc.
qt acre acre acre acre appl.
oz.
22 soybeans - innoc
23 yuchi - innoc.
insecticide
26 insec soybeans
24 insec. small grain
25 insec. sorghum
27 insec. wheat acre acre acre acre appl appl appl acre misc.
29 land rent acre
30 leased land - opport head
32 lp gas pasture gal
2 coastal berm. pastur acre
37 pasture - winter
38 pasture rent acre acre
55 small grain ryegrass acre
56 small grains - pastu acre
59 seed wheat pasture lb.
12.00
0.75
2.00
5.00
10.00
10.00
2.25
4.00
8.20
0.65
155.72
100.00
30.00
21.56
20.00
0.06
0.14
0.33
0.22
0.10
0.08
0.16
0.11
0.09
30.00
0.33
0.29
0.33
0.19
0.16
0.21
0.14
0.14
0.11
4.90
16.15
2.56
5.00
6.00
6.00
6.50
43.75
15.00
2.00
2.00
0.75
4.00
5.50
6.00
5.00
6.00
15.00
10.00
1.00
79.23
134.47
12.00
149.90
118.65
155.72
Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the cost and returns from any on particular farm or ranch operation.
These projections were collected and developed by staff members of Texas Cooperative Extension and approved for publication

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45 rye-ryegrass - sodse acre
50 seed - arrowleaf lb.
28 seed - clover w/ rye acre
51 seed - crimson clove lb.
52 seed - elbon rye
47 seed - oats
53 seed - ryegrass
48 seed - sorghum lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
149.90
1.20
101.35
1.40
0.16
0.20
0.46
0.64
54 seed - wheat lb.
0.09
49 seed - yuchi lb.
1.30
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Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the cost and returns from any on particular farm or ranch operation.
These projections were collected and developed by staff members of Texas Cooperative Extension and approved for publication

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Table 6.
Other Durable Inputs
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RECORD FUEL
FUEL
CONS R&M LABOR LABOR
FIXED
COST
FIXED
COST
NUM ITEM NAME UNIT TYPE RATE COST TYPE USE /UNIT /ACRE COMMENT
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1 irrigation ac/in NG 1.0000
2.030
0.0640
0.000
33.60
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These projections were collected and developed by staff members of Texas Cooperative Extension and approved for publication

Table 7.
Operating Input Categories
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RECORD
NUM ITEM NAME
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5 custom
7 feed
1 fertilizer
9 fungicide
3 herbicide
10 innoculant
2 insecticide
6 misc.
8 pasture
4 seed
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Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the cost and returns from any on particular farm or ranch operation.
These projections were collected and developed by staff members of Texas Cooperative Extension and approved for publication

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Not to be used without Updating after February 15, 2003
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Table 8.
Products
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RECORD
NUM ITEM NAME UNIT
---------------------------PRICES----------------------------
BUDGET CONTRACT LOAN FUTURES HIGH AVERAGE LOW COMMENT
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1 hay
2 hay - square
3 oats
4 sorghum ton bale bu cwt
35.00
1.35
2.00
4.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
5 wheat bu 3.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
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Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the cost and returns from any on particular farm or ranch operation.
These projections were collected and developed by staff members of Texas Cooperative Extension and approved for publication

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Table 9.
Allocated Cost Items
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RECORD CALC DOLLARS % OF
% OF
DIRECT
% OF
TOTAL
NUM ITEM NAME NUM PER ACRE INCOME EXPENSES EXPENSES
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1 forage
2 land charge crops
3 pasture
4 small grain
1
1
1
1
15.00
15.00
10.00
15.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
5 wheat 1 26.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
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B-1241 (C5)
Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and is not intended to recognize or predict the cost and returns from any on particular farm or ranch operation.
These projections were collected and developed by staff members of Texas Cooperative Extension and approved for publication