Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Non-Irrigated Sorghum Haygrazer, 3 ton yield - 50 Acres
West Central Extension District - 7
Crop Acres
50
REVENUE
Hay, 1200# BRB
Total Revenue
Quantity
3.00
Units
Ton
$/Unit
$105.00
Cash
Total
$315.00
$315.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Custom
Soil Test-Dryland
Swath, Rake and Bale
Fertilizer
Nitrogen Dry-Urea
Herbicide
Husky
Insecticide
Transform
Seed
Forage Sorghum
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
Units
$/Unit
Total
FIXED COSTS
Machinery Depreciation
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Equipment Investment
Pickup/General Use Equipment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
Enterprise
Total
$15,750.00
$15,750.00
Enterprise
Total
1
5
Each
Bale
$0.25
$25.20
$0.25
$126.00
$12.50
$6,300.00
40
Pounds
$0.42
$16.96
$847.83
12
Ounce
$0.84
$10.13
$506.25
1
Ounce
$7.78
$7.78
$389.06
15
Pound
$0.53
$7.95
$397.50
1.25
Hour
$12.00
$15.00
$750.00
8.38
Gallon
$1.50
$12.57
$628.50
1
Acre
$4.34
$4.34
$217.20
1
1
1
Acre
Acre
Acre
$2.19
$17.54
$11.46
6.50%
$2.19
$17.54
$11.46
$2.30
$234.46
$80.54
$109.50
$876.86
$572.84
$114.78
$11,722.83
$4,027.17
$78.15
Units
1
1
1
$25.74
$146.39
$67.97
Ton
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
Acre
$4.64
$18.84
$15.29
$4.64
$18.84
$15.29
$232.20
$941.91
$764.46
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
6.50%
6.50%
6.50%
$1.67
$9.52
$4.42
$54.38
$288.83
$83.66
$475.77
$220.89
$2,718.88
$14,441.71
$26.17
$1,308.29
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$96.28
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
$104.20
$86.84
$78.15
$71.05
$62.52
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$128.37
$106.98
$96.28
$87.53
$77.02
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.