Crop Enterprise Analysis
Farm Business Management - Moorhead
Northland Community and Technical College
(Farms Sorted By Net Return)

Corn on Cash Rent

	Avg. Of
	All Farms

Number of fields	13
Number of farms	13

Acres	414.33
Yield per acre (bu.)	137.96
Operators share of yield %	100.00
Value per bu.	2.15
Total product return per acre	296.70
Miscellaneous income per acre	23.00
Gross return per acre	319.70

Direct Expenses
Seed	37.69
Fertilizer	35.48
Crop chemicals	25.04
Crop insurance	8.47
Drying fuel	8.78
Fuel & oil	10.05
Repairs	23.91
Custom hire	0.47
Hired labor	0.65
Land rent	64.16
Machinery & bldg leases	5.44
Marketing	1.65
Operating interest	10.87
Miscellaneous	0.20
Total direct expenses per acre	232.87
Return over direct exp per acre	86.83

Overhead Expenses
Custom hire	3.59
Hired labor	8.89
Machinery & bldg leases	2.75
Farm insurance	5.40
Utilities	4.27
Dues & professional fees	1.83
Interest	4.51
Mach & bldg depreciation	16.12
Miscellaneous	1.75
Total overhead expenses per acre	49.12
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre	281.99
Net return per acre	37.71

Lbr & mgt charge per acre	25.75
Net return over lbr & mgt	11.96
Government payments	11.12
Net return with govt payments	23.08

Cost of Production
Total direct expense per bu.	1.69
Total dir & ovhd exp per bu.	2.04
With labor & management	2.23
Total exp less govt & oth income	1.98

Est. labor hours per acre	2.02