Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Malting Barley - 200 Acres
Central Texas Extension District - 8
Crop Acres
200
REVENUE
Malting Barley
Total Revenue
Quantity
60.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Custom
Custom Combine
Custom Hauling Barley
Fertilizer
46-0-0
Herbicide
Weed Burndown
Peak
Insecticide
Insecticide Greenbug
Miscellaneous
Insurance - Barley 65%
Insurance - Barley SCO
Seed
Barley Seed
Machinery Labor
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Diesel Fuel
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Repairs & Maintenance
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Interest on Credit Line
Total Variable Costs
Planned Returns Above Variable Costs:
Breakeven Price to Cover Variable Costs
Quantity
FIXED COSTS
Machinery Depreciation
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Equipment Investment
Tractors/Self-Propelled
Implements
Dryland Crop Rent
Total Fixed Costs
Total Specified Costs
Quantity
Units
Bushel
Units
$/Unit
$5.00
Cash
Total
$300.00
$300.00
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
$60,000.00
$60,000.00
Enterprise
Total
1
60
Acre
Bushel
$25.00
$0.24
$25.00
$14.40
$5,000.00
$2,880.00
106
Pound
$0.60
$63.60
$12,720.00
10
0.45
Ounce
Ounce
$0.24
$15.00
$2.40
$6.75
$480.00
$1,350.00
1
Acre
$4.50
$4.50
$900.00
1
1
Acre
Acre
$7.00
$2.00
$7.00
$2.00
$1,400.00
$400.00
50
Pound
$0.35
$17.50
$3,500.00
0.91
Hour
$10.00
$9.10
$1,820.00
5.95
Gallon
$2.65
$15.77
$3,153.50
Acre
Acre
$9.54
$12.39
4.75%
$1,907.51
$2,477.97
$638.99
$38,627.98
$21,372.02
$3.22
$9.54
$12.39
$3.19
$193.14
$106.86
Bushel
$/Unit
Total
1
1
Units
1
1
$76.78
$66.80
1
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
$9.86
$14.54
$9.86
$14.54
$1,971.10
$2,908.94
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
6.00%
6.00%
$30.00
$4.61
$4.01
$30.00
$63.02
$256.15
$921.33
$801.66
$6,000.00
$12,603.02
$51,231.00
$43.85
$8,769.00
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$4.27
Bushel
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Bushel
45.00
54.00
60.00
66.00
75.00
Price Needed to Cover
Your Variable Costs
$4.29
$3.58
$3.22
$2.93
$2.58
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$5.69
$4.74
$4.27
$3.88
$3.42
Developed by Jason Johnson, Associate Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.
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.