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

Corn on Owned Land

	Avg. Of
	All Farms

Number of fields	10
Number of farms	10

Acres	95.10
Yield per acre (bu.)	121.35
Operators share of yield %	100.00
Value per bu.	2.23
Total product return per acre	271.12
Miscellaneous income per acre	2.16
Gross return per acre	273.28

Direct Expenses
Seed	42.31
Fertilizer	35.57
Crop chemicals	20.00
Crop insurance	6.88
Drying fuel	2.30
Fuel & oil	11.06
Repairs	18.04
Custom hire	1.88
Machinery & bldg leases	1.25
Operating interest	7.59
Total direct expenses per acre	146.88
Return over direct exp per acre	126.40

Overhead Expenses
Custom hire	3.06
Hired labor	10.30
Machinery & bldg leases	3.69
RE & pers. property taxes	8.84
Farm insurance	4.68
Utilities	4.85
Dues & professional fees	2.28
Interest	32.86
Mach & bldg depreciation	16.46
Miscellaneous	4.96
Total overhead expenses per acre	91.99
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre	238.87
Net return per acre	34.41

Lbr & mgt charge per acre	22.77
Net return over lbr & mgt	11.64
Government payments	14.60
Net return with govt payments	26.24

Cost of Production
Total direct expense per bu.	1.21
Total dir & ovhd exp per bu.	1.97
With labor & management	2.16
Total exp less govt & oth income	2.02

Est. labor hours per acre	2.06