Projections for Planning Purposes Only
Not to be Used without Updating after January 1, 2010
B-1241 (C6)
Table 25.A
Estimated costs and returns per acre
Alamo Switch Grass Establishment
Pivot Irrigated, Far West Texas, 2010
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ITEM
UNIT
PRICE
QUANTITY
AMOUNT YOUR FARM
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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 NG
Hand Labor
Implements
DIESEL FUEL
Tractors
NATURAL GAS
Trans-Pecos Pivot NG
REPAIR & MAINTENANCE
Implements
Tractors
Trans-Pecos Pivot NG
INTEREST ON OP. CAP.
lb
0.10
20.0000
2.01
_________
oz
0.33
128.0000
43.00
_________
lb
16.50
3.0000
49.50
_________
hour
11.00
0.6798
7.48
_________
hour
11.00
0.0175
0.20
_________
hour
9.00
0.1789
1.61
_________
gal
2.20
4.6032
10.14
_________
Mcf
10.00
3.0433
30.44
_________
2.85
1.54
2.00
2.76
1.0000
1.0000
4.0000
1.0000
2.85
1.54
8.02
2.76
--------159.55
-159.55
_________
_________
_________
_________
acre
acre
ac-in
acre
TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES
RETURNS ABOVE DIRECT EXPENSES
FIXED EXPENSES
Implements
acre
Tractors
acre
Trans-Pecos Pivot NG each
6.41
9.66
10619.74
_________
_________
1.0000
1.0000
0.0083
6.41 _________
9.66 _________
88.50 _________
--------TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES
104.57 _________
--------TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES
264.12 _________
RETURNS ABOVE TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES
-264.12 _________
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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.
Developed by Texas AgriLife Extension Service.
Projections for Planning Purposes Only
Not to be Used without Updating after January 1, 2010
B-1241 (C6)
Table 25.B
Estimated resource use and costs for field operations, per acre
Alamo Switch Grass Establishment
Pivot Irrigated, Far West Texas, 2010
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POWER UNIT COST EQUIPMENT COST
ALLOC LABOR
OPERA
OPERATION/
SIZE/
POWER UNIT
PERF TIMES
-------------- -------------- ----------------OPERATING INPUT
UNIT
SIZE
RATE OVER MTH DIRECT
FIXED DIRECT
FIXED HOURS
COST
AMO
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------------dollars----------dollars
Heavy Disk
Spray (Bcast/HB)
Roundup Original
Field Cultivate
Grain Drill
Switchgrass seed
N-32 in Water
Trans-Pecos Pivot NG
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
5.74
1.05
4.78
0.57
1.08
0.40
2.31
0.50
0.29
0.25
3.21
2.62
MFWD 170
MFWD 170
0.062
0.094
2.00
1.00
Aug
Sep
2.78
2.11
2.45
1.86
0.40
0.97
1.71
1.89
0.12
0.18
1.37
1.89
1.00
1.00
Oct
Oct
128.0
88.50
19.23
0.00
0.10
19.23
0.00
0.10
------- ------- ------- ------- ------ ------11.68
9.66
41.31
94.91
0.87
9.29
3.0
20.0
0.0
2.0
2.0
TOTALS
INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL
UNALLOCATED LABOR
TOTAL SPECIFIED COST
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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.
Developed by Texas AgriLife Extension Service.