Projections for Planning Purposes Only Not to be Used without Updating after January 1, 2008 B-1241 (C6) Table 15.D Estimated costs and returns per acre Alamo Switch Grass Establishment Pivot Irrigated, Far West Texas, 2008 _______________________________________________________________________ ITEM UNIT PRICE QUANTITY AMOUNT YOUR FARM _______________________________________________________________________ dollars dollars INCOME --------TOTAL INCOME 0.00 _________ DIRECT EXPENSES FERTILIZERS N-32 in Water HERBICIDES Roundup Original SEED/PLANTS Switchgrass seed Operator Labor Tractors Irrigation Labor Trans-Pecos Pivot Hand Labor Implements DIESEL FUEL Tractors NATURAL GAS Trans-Pecos Pivot REPAIR & MAINTENANCE Implements Tractors Trans-Pecos Pivot INTEREST ON OP. CAP. lb 0.19 20.0000 3.80 _________ oz 0.33 128.0000 42.24 _________ lb 5.00 3.0000 15.00 _________ hour 11.00 0.6798 7.48 _________ hour 10.00 0.0175 0.18 _________ hour 10.00 0.1789 1.79 _________ gal 2.60 4.6032 11.97 _________ Mcf 8.30 4.0965 34.00 _________ acre acre ac-in acre 2.85 1.54 1.75 4.06 1.0000 1.0000 4.0000 1.0000 2.85 1.54 7.04 4.06 --------131.95 -131.95 _________ _________ _________ _________ TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES RETURNS ABOVE DIRECT EXPENSES FIXED EXPENSES Implements Tractors Trans-Pecos Pivot acre acre each 8.39 12.48 12206.18 _________ _________ 1.0000 1.0000 0.0083 8.39 _________ 12.48 _________ 101.72 _________ --------TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES 122.59 _________ --------TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES 254.54 _________ RETURNS ABOVE TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES -254.54 _________ _______________________________________________________________________ Note: Cost of production estimates are based on last year's input price 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. Projections for Planning Purposes Only Not to be Used without Updating after January 1, 2008 B-1241 (C6) Table 15.A Estimated resource use and costs for field operations, per acre Alamo Switch Grass Establishment Pivot Irrigated, Far West Texas, 2008 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ POWER UNIT COST EQUIPMENT COST ALLOC LABOR OPERATING/DURABLE INPUT OPERATION/ SIZE/ POWER UNIT PERF TIMES -------------- -------------- ----------------------------------TOTAL OPERATING INPUT UNIT SIZE RATE OVER MTH DIRECT FIXED DIRECT FIXED HOURS COST AMOUNT PRICE COST COST _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------dollars----------dollars ---------dollars--------Heavy Disk Spray (Bcast/HB) Roundup Original Field Cultivate Grain Drill Switchgrass seed N-32 in Water Trans-Pecos Pivot Application 1 Application 2 14' 20' Rigid oz 24' 20' lb lb each ac-in ac-in MFWD 150 2WD 50 0.145 0.084 2.00 2.00 Aug Aug 6.64 1.22 6.22 0.74 1.08 0.40 3.03 0.64 0.29 0.25 3.21 2.71 20.18 5.71 128.0000 0.33 42.24 42.24 MFWD 170 0.062 2.00 Aug 3.21 3.14 0.40 2.23 0.12 1.37 10.35 MFWD 170 0.094 1.00 Sep 2.44 2.38 0.97 2.49 0.18 1.98 10.26 3.0000 5.00 15.00 15.00 1.00 Oct 20.0000 0.19 3.80 3.80 1.00 Oct 101.72 0.0083 101.72 20.52 0.00 0.09 2.0000 20.61 20.52 0.00 0.09 2.0000 20.61 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------------- -------TOTALS 13.51 12.48 43.89 110.11 0.87 9.45 61.04 250.48 INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL 4.06 UNALLOCATED LABOR 0.00 TOTAL SPECIFIED COST 254.54 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Note: Cost of production estimates are based on last year's input prices. 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.