LITITZ What will it cost
to take an acre of com off
this fall? What’s a fair price
to charge for growing an
acre of soybeans?
University of Maryland
Economist George Stevens
has worked up some figures
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Compare your figures with these
which answer those
questions.
They also will give far
mers a guideline on how
economical their cropping
operation is compared to the
Maryland figures.
Stevens put the cost of an
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acre of corn at $223.22 and an
acre of soybeans at $l7l
even.
He did not mclude a cost
for on-farm drying, storage,
nor for a return to
management.
Here’s how he breaks out
the expenses for corn;
Seed should cost about
$11.25 an . acre; an ap
plication of 120-80-60 will run
$66.40; one-third the cost of a
ton of lime, or one ton every
three years, is about $6; fuel
and oil, 5.6 gallons per acre
at $1.15, $6.44; and $B.OO for
herbicide comes to a sub
total of $98.09 per acre.
Stevens figured the unit
costs for nitrogen at 28 cents,
potassium at 26 cents, and
phosphorus at 15 cents.
In addition to the $98.09
cash cost, he computed the
machinery overhead at
$65.52 per acre; land charge
or cash rent, $4O; land taxes
at $3.50; labor, figuring 2.5
hours per acre at $3.50 per
hour, $8.75; and interest for
six months on the cash cost
at $7.36.
The latter figure is arrived
at by multiplying the $98.09
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times 15 percent times one
half year.
That brings the total to
$223.22.
On-farm drying and
storage would add $2O to $3O
per acre costs.
Stevens figured that the
average acre of corn would
yield about 100 bushels.
To figure a reasonable
management cost, he
estimated 10 percent of the
cash cost and machinery
overhead.
This works out to $98.09
plus $65.52 times 10 percent.
That comes to $16.36 per
acre.
Using the same system,
the return to managment for
soybeans is somewhat less,
but then the initial in
vestment is lower, too.
Stevens figured 50 pounds
of soybean seed at 20 cents a
pound would cost $lO.
Fertilizer, 0-50-50 was
pegged at $20.50; 1.5 pints of
Treflan, $6.23; a half ton of
lime, $9.00; and fuel and oil,
figuring 4.7 gallons per acre,
$5.41.
That brought the total cash
cost to $51.14. On sandy soils
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 16,1980—03
like those on the lower
Eastern Shore, the figure
would be about $4.20 higher.
In addition to the basic
cash cost of $51.14, Stevens
entered a machinery
overhead, based on
replacement cost, of $65.52.
Land charge or cash rent
was set at $4O; taxes, $3.50;
labor, two hours at $3.50, $7-
and interest on cash cost
over six months, $3.84.
That brought the total to
exactly $l7l.
Management return could
be figured for soybeans the
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same way it would be
figured for corn.
Cash cost plus machinery
overhead on soybeans times
a 10 percent return comes to
$11.67 per acre.
Yield goal Stevens used for
soybeans was in the area of
35 to 40 bushels per acre.
Of course, different farms
and different yield goals will
mean different expenses and
different returns.
But the Maryland figures
do provide a baseline for
comparison on per acre
costs.~CH
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and reserve grand cham
pion; 2.,4- Tom Arnold; 3.
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Marlin Deaven.
236- 250 lbs.
1. Jodi Kreider; 2. Edwin
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Houser; 4. Bonnie Arnold; 5.
Jodi Kreidu.
11,12,13
1. Edwin Houser, cham
pion; 2. Marlin Deaven; 3.
Amy Bachman; 4. Tammy
Weaber; 5. John Light.
8,9,10
1. Daryl Grumbine,
reserve champion; 2.
Rodney Bomgardner; 3.
David Arnold; 4. Kelly
Bachman; 5. Heather
Emnch.
FITTING
14 and over
1. Bruce Bnghtbill; 2. Jodi
Kreider; 3. Kelly Bachman;
4. Tom Arnold; 5. Bonnie
Arnold.
11,12,13
1. Amy Weaber; 2. Marlin
Deaven; 3. Amy Bachman;
4. John Light; 5. Edwin
Houser.
8,9,10
1. Daryl Grumbine,
champion; 2. Dave Arnold,
reserve champion; 3. Kelly
Bachman; 4. Rodney
Bomgardner; 5. Heather
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