Projections for Planning Purposes Only -- Not to be Used without Updating
2016 Estimated Costs and Returns per Acre
Hard Red Winter Wheat - 200 Acres
Central Texas Extension District - 8
Crop Acres
200
REVENUE
Wheat
Total Revenue
Quantity
45.00
VARIABLE COSTS
Production Costs
Custom
Custom Combine
Custom Hauling Wheat
Fertilizer
46-0-0
18-46-0
Herbicide
Weed Burndown
Peak
Insecticide
Insecticide Greenbug
Miscellaneous
Insurance - Wheat 65%
Insurance - Wheat SCO
Seed
Wheat Seed
Fungicides
Tebuconazole
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
$5.10
Cash
Total
$229.50
$229.50
$/Unit
Total
Enterprise
Total
$45,900.00
$45,900.00
Enterprise
Total
1
45
Acre
Bushel
$25.00
$0.30
$25.00
$13.50
$5,000.00
$2,700.00
128
50
Pound
Pound
$0.60
$0.65
$76.80
$32.50
$15,360.00
$6,500.00
10
1
Ounce
Ounce
$0.24
$15.00
$2.40
$15.00
$480.00
$3,000.00
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
90
Pound
$0.35
$31.50
$6,300.00
4
Ounce
$0.38
$1.50
$300.00
0.86
Hour
$10.00
$8.60
$1,720.00
5.65
Gallon
$2.65
$14.97
$2,994.50
Acre
Acre
$9.11
$11.91
4.75%
1
1
Units
1
1
$73.33
$62.94
1
$5.85
$9.11
$11.91
$7.04
$263.33
($33.83)
Bushel
$/Unit
Total
$1,821.95
$2,382.17
$1,408.26
$52,666.88
($6,766.88)
Enterprise
Total
Acre
Acre
$9.41
$14.18
$9.41
$14.18
$1,882.68
$2,835.25
Dollars
Dollars
Acre
6.00%
6.00%
$30.00
$4.40
$3.78
$30.00
$61.77
$325.10
$880.00
$755.23
$6,000.00
$12,353.16
$65,020.04
($95.60)
($19,120.04)
Returns Above Specified Costs
Breakeven Price to Cover Total Costs
$7.22
Bushel
Example Breakeven Prices
Example
Yield
Percent
75%
90%
100%
110%
125%
Example
Yield
Bushel
33.75
40.50
45.00
49.50
56.25
Price Needed to Cover
Your Variable Costs
$7.80
$6.50
$5.85
$5.32
$4.68
Price Needed to Cover
Your Total Costs
$9.63
$8.03
$7.22
$6.57
$5.78
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.