Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating 2016 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 $105.00 $0.50 $0.50 $0.50 Cash Total $94.50 $7.50 $7.50 $7.50 $117.00 VARIABLE COSTS Production Costs Seed Forage Oats Fertilizer N applied with drill Phosphate Custom Soil Test-Dryland Swath, Rake and Bale Small Custom Haul Small Bale 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 Enterprise Total $9,450.00 $750.00 $750.00 $750.00 $11,700.00 Enterprise Total 60 ML $0.04 $2.40 $240.00 5 18 Pounds Pounds $0.53 $0.37 $2.65 $6.60 $265.00 $660.00 1 24 24 Each Bale Bale $0.25 $1.50 $1.00 $0.25 $36.00 $24.00 $25.00 $3,600.00 $2,400.00 1 Acre $2.00 $2.00 $200.00 0.53 Hour $12.00 $6.36 $636.00 3.16 Gallon $1.50 $4.74 $474.00 1 Acre $1.69 $1.69 $168.80 1 1 1 Acre Acre Acre $1.37 $6.80 $10.27 6.50% $1.37 $6.80 $10.27 $1.20 $106.32 $10.68 $137.00 $679.58 $1,026.53 $120.21 $10,632.12 $1,067.88 $93.13 Units 1 1 1 $12.98 $54.71 $56.97 1 Ton $/Unit Total Enterprise Total Acre Acre Acre $2.99 $7.02 $13.32 $2.99 $7.02 $13.32 $298.80 $702.24 $1,331.75 Dollars Dollars Dollars Acre 6.50% 6.50% 6.50% $35.00 $0.84 $3.56 $3.70 $35.00 $66.43 $172.75 $84.37 $355.59 $370.30 $3,500.00 $6,643.05 $17,275.17 ($55.75) ($5,575.17) Returns Above Specified Costs Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs $166.95 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 $124.18 $103.48 $93.13 $84.67 $74.51 Price Needed to Cover Your Total Costs $222.60 $185.50 $166.95 $151.77 $133.56 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.