Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2015 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Non-Irrigated Sorghum Haygrazer, 3 ton yield - 50 Acres
West Central Extension District - 7
Crop Acres
REVENUE
Hay, 1200# BRB
Total Revenue
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Seed
Forage Sorghum
Fertilizer
Nitrogen Dry
Custom
Swath, Rake and Bale
Soil Test-Dryland
Insecticide
Transform
Herbicide
Husky
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
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
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
50
Quantity
3.00
Quantity
Units
Ton
Units
15 Pound
40 Pounds
5
1
Bale
Each
1 Ounce
12 Ounce
1.25
Hour
8.38
Gallon
1 Acre
1
1
1
Acre
Acre
Acre
Quantity
1
1
1
Units
Acre
Acre
Acre
$46.80
Dollars
$212.83
Dollars
$119.18
Dollars
1 Acre
$/Unit
$112.00
$/Unit
Total
$336.00
$336.00
Total
$1.00
$0.55
$25.20
$0.25
$7.33
$0.83
$12.00
$2.75
$4.66
$2.19
$17.54
$8.97
3.75%
$2.19
$17.54
$8.97
$1.55
$253.70
$82.30
$84.57
Ton
$/Unit Total
$4.64
$18.84
$11.47
3.75%
3.75%
3.75%
$35.00
$4.64
$18.84
$11.47
$1.76
$7.98
$4.47
$35.00
$84.16
$337.86
$15.00
$22.17
$126.00
$0.25
$7.33
$10.01
$15.00
$23.05
$4.66
($1.86)
$112.62
Ton
Enterprise
Total
$16,800.00
$16,800.00
Enterprise
Total
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Ton
2.25
2.70
3.00
3.30
3.75
Price Needed to Cover Price Needed to Cover
Example Variable Costs Example Total Costs
Own/Rent ShareTenant Own/Rent ShareTenant
$112.76
$93.96
$112.76
$93.96
$150.16
$125.13
$150.16
$125.13
$84.57
$76.88
$67.65
$84.57
$76.88
$67.65
$112.62
$102.38
$90.10
$112.62
$102.38
$90.10
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.
$750.00
$1,108.60
$6,300.00
$12.50
$366.25
$500.40
$750.00
$1,152.25
$233.10
$109.50
$876.86
$448.36
$77.39
$12,685.21
$4,114.79
Enterprise
Total
$232.20
$941.91
$573.58
$87.75
$399.05
$223.47
$1,750.00
$4,207.96
$16,893.16
($93.16)