Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Dryland Forage Oats, Follow Small Grains - 100 Acres
West Central Extension District - 7
Crop Acres
100
REVENUE
Oat Hay
Small Grains Pasture Gain
Small Grains Pasture Gain
Small Grains Pasture Gain
Total Revenue
Quantity
Units
0.90
Ton
15.00 Pound of Gain
15.00 Pound of Gain
15.00 Pound of Gain
$/Unit
$112.00
$0.65
$0.65
$0.65
Total
$100.80
$9.75
$9.75
$9.75
$130.05
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Seed
Forage Oats
Fertilizer
N applied with drill
Phosphate
Custom
Swath, Rake and Bale Small
Custom Haul Small Bale
Soil Test-Dryland
Miscellaneous
NAP 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
$/Unit
Total
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
60
Pound
$0.38
$22.80
$2,280.00
5
18
Pounds
Pounds
$0.53
$0.42
$2.65
$7.50
$265.00
$750.06
24
24
1
Bale
Bale
Each
$1.50
$1.00
$0.25
$36.00
$24.00
$0.25
$3,600.00
$2,400.00
$25.00
1
Acre
$2.00
$2.00
$200.00
0.53
Hour
$12.00
$6.36
$636.00
3.16
Gallon
$2.75
$8.69
$869.00
1
Acre
$1.82
$1.82
$182.40
1
1
1
Acre
Acre
Acre
$1.37
$6.80
$5.23
3.75%
$1.37
$6.80
$5.23
$1.09
$126.56
$3.49
$137.00
$679.58
$523.49
$108.88
$12,656.42
$348.58
$108.13
Units
1
1
1
$23.60
$79.28
$57.05
1
Ton
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
Acre
$2.99
$7.02
$6.81
$2.99
$7.02
$6.81
$298.80
$702.24
$681.44
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
3.75%
3.75%
3.75%
$35.00
$0.89
$2.97
$2.14
$35.00
$57.82
$184.39
$88.50
$297.32
$213.94
$3,500.00
$5,782.23
$18,438.64
($54.34)
($5,433.64)
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
Enterprise
Total
$10,080.00
$975.00
$975.00
$975.00
$13,005.00
Enterprise
Total
$172.37
Ton
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Ton
0.68
0.81
0.90
0.99
1.13
Price Needed to Cover
Price Needed to Cover
Example Variable Costs
Example Total Costs
Own/Rent ShareTenant Own/Rent ShareTenant
$144.17
$144.17
$229.83
$229.83
$120.14
$120.14
$191.53
$191.53
$108.13
$108.13
$172.37
$172.37
$98.30
$98.30
$156.70
$156.70
$86.50
$86.50
$137.90
$137.90
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.