Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Alfalfa, RoundUp Ready, Full Season, Baled - 6.5 ton, Center Pivot Irrigated - 122 Acres
West Central Extension District - 7
Crop Acres
122
REVENUE
Alfalfa Hay - Baled 3X4
Total Revenue
Quantity
6.50
Units
Ton
$/Unit
$160.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Custom
Soil Test-Irrigated
Apply Dry Fertilizer
Swath, Rake and Bale
Fertilizer
11-52-0
Herbicide
Trifluralin
Glyphosate
Insecticide
Intrepid
Mustang Max(Warrior Z)
Irrigation
Energy Cost
Irrigation Labor
Machinery Labor
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Diesel Fuel
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Gasoline
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Repairs & Maintenance
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Irrigation Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
Quantity
Units
$/Unit
FIXED COSTS
Machinery Depreciation
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Irrigation Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Equipment Investment
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Irrigation Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Allocated Establishment Cost
Rent-Irrigated Crop
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
1
1
9.24
Cash
Total
$1,040.00
$1,040.00
Total
Enterprise
Total
$126,880.00
$126,880.00
Enterprise
Total
Each
Acre
Bale
$0.50
$4.50
$25.20
$0.50
$4.50
$232.85
$61.00
$549.00
$28,407.46
73
Pounds
$0.26
$18.98
$2,315.56
2
110
Pint
Ounce
$3.13
$0.12
$6.25
$12.67
$762.50
$1,545.98
2.3
7.04
Ounce
Ounce
$1.98
$1.31
$4.56
$9.24
$555.72
$1,127.28
36.00
0.80
AcreInch
Hour
$5.98
$12.00
$215.37
$9.60
$26,274.93
$1,171.20
3.08
Hour
$12.00
$36.96
$4,509.12
22.67
Gallon
$1.50
$34.01
$4,148.61
1
Acre
$5.34
$5.34
$651.60
1
1
1
1
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
$2.69
$94.87
$42.36
$0.39
6.50%
$2.69
$94.87
$42.36
$0.39
$12.22
$743.35
$296.65
$328.50
$11,574.24
$5,167.33
$48.10
$1,490.85
$90,688.97
$36,191.03
$114.36
Units
1
1
1
1
$31.65
$450.82
$388.72
$5.42
1
1
Ton
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
$5.71
$60.11
$50.29
$0.89
$5.71
$60.11
$50.29
$0.89
$696.60
$7,333.33
$6,134.97
$108.22
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
Acre
6.50%
6.50%
6.50%
6.50%
$85.35
$70.00
$2.06
$29.30
$25.27
$0.35
$85.35
$70.00
$329.32
$1,072.68
$250.97
$3,575.00
$3,082.55
$42.99
$10,412.94
$8,540.00
$40,177.57
$130,866.54
Returns Above Specified Costs
($32.68)
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$165.03
($3,986.54)
Ton
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Ton
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Price Needed to Cover
Your Variable Costs
$152.48
$127.07
$114.36
$103.97
$91.49
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$220.04
$183.36
$165.03
$150.02
$132.02
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.