Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Dryland Bermudagrass Establishment - 100 Acres
West Central Extension District - 7
Crop Acres
100
REVENUE
Grazing
Total Revenue
Quantity
50.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Custom
Soil Test-Dryland
Fertilizer
11-37-0
32-0-0
Herbicide
Herbicide-Banvell/24D
Seed
Sprigs and Sprigging
Miscellaneous
Rainfall Insurance
Machinery Labor
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Diesel Fuel
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Gasoline
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Repairs & Maintenance
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
Quantity
FIXED COSTS
Machinery Depreciation
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Equipment Investment
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Rent-Dryland Crop
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
Units
Pound
Units
1
$/Unit
$0.65
Total
$32.50
$32.50
$/Unit
Total
Each
$0.25
$0.25
$25.00
Pounds
Pounds
$0.24
$0.54
$48.00
$67.50
$4,800.00
$6,750.00
1
Pint
$3.69
$3.69
$368.75
1
Acre
$125.00
$125.00
$12,500.00
1
Acre
$23.26
$23.26
$2,326.00
0.65
Hour
$12.00
$7.80
$780.00
3.8
Gallon
$2.75
$10.45
$1,045.00
1
Acre
$3.89
$3.89
$388.50
1
1
1
Acre
Acre
Acre
$1.83
$7.31
$8.28
3.75%
200
125
Units
1
1
1
$39.00
$90.84
$86.16
1
$6.23
$1.83
$7.31
$8.28
$4.36
$311.61
($279.11)
Pound
$/Unit
Total
$182.50
$731.29
$828.47
$435.81
$31,161.31
($27,911.31)
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
Acre
$3.87
$8.03
$10.56
$3.87
$8.03
$10.56
$387.00
$803.33
$1,055.68
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
3.75%
3.75%
3.75%
$35.00
$1.46
$3.41
$3.23
$35.00
$65.56
$377.17
$146.25
$340.64
$323.09
$3,500.00
$6,555.99
$37,717.31
($344.67)
($34,467.31)
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
Enterprise
Total
$3,250.00
$3,250.00
Enterprise
Total
$7.54
Pound
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Pound
37.50
45.00
50.00
55.00
62.50
Price Needed to Cover
Price Needed to Cover
Example Variable Costs Example Total Costs
Own/Rent ShareTenant Own/Rent ShareTenant
$8.31
$8.31
$10.06
$10.06
$6.92
$6.92
$8.38
$8.38
$6.23
$6.23
$7.54
$7.54
$5.67
$5.67
$6.86
$6.86
$4.99
$4.99
$6.03
$6.03
Landlord
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Developed by Bill Thompson, Associate Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
Information presented is prepared solely as a general guide and not intended to recognize or predict the costs
and returns from any one operation. Brand names are mentioned only as examples and imply no endorsement.