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

Sugar Beets on Owned Land Excluding Joint venture

Avg. Of
All Farms
Number of fields 10
Number of farms 10
Acres 183.12
Yield per acre (ton) 20.43
Operators share of yield % 100.00
Value per ton 37.38
Total product return per acre 763.69
Miscellaneous income per acre 0.77
Gross return per acre 764.45
Direct Expenses
Seed 50.25
Fertilizer 44.31
Crop chemicals 128.74
Crop insurance 15.25
Fuel & oil 50.39
Repairs 69.55
Custom hire 7.72
Hired labor 24.43
Hauling and trucking 3.28
Operating interest 20.53
Miscellaneous 0.89
Total direct expenses per acre 415.35
Return over direct exp per acre 349.10
Overhead Expenses
Custom hire 4.35
Hired labor 28.70
Machinery leases 0.97
RE & pers. property taxes 11.66
Farm insurance 6.11
Utilities 4.88
Dues & professional fees 5.13
Interest 58.18
Mach & bldg depreciation 61.55
Miscellaneous 9.09
Total overhead expenses per acre 190.63
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre 605.98
Net return per acre 158.47
Government payments 14.23
Net return with govt pmts 172.70
Labor & management charge 68.83
Net return over lbr & mgt 103.87
Cost of Production
Total direct expense per ton 20.33
Total dir & ovhd exp per ton 29.66
Less govt & other income 28.92
With labor & management 32.29
Machinery cost per acre 210.98
Est. labor hours per acre 4.97

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

Sugar Beets on Cash Rent Excluding Joint venture

Avg. Of
All Farms Low 20% 40 - 60% High 20%
Number of fields 39 7 8 8
Number of farms 39 7 8 8
Acres 216.86 203.56 202.13 82.45
Yield per acre (ton) 19.76 17.09 18.81 23.51
Operators share of yield % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Value per ton 37.57 36.90 37.03 39.03
Total product return per acre 742.34 630.78 696.40 917.49
Miscellaneous income per acre 16.44 12.10 44.14 1.32
Gross return per acre 758.78 642.88 740.54 918.81
Direct Expenses
Seed 50.44 47.87 48.16 47.58
Fertilizer 41.79 46.95 41.07 38.61
Crop chemicals 107.43 123.34 105.25 103.21
Crop insurance 16.63 16.22 14.67 13.33
Fuel & oil 52.98 55.69 48.06 54.35
Repairs 67.65 83.19 57.68 81.90
Custom hire 8.01 2.18 2.58 1.81
Hired labor 29.10 25.67 27.85 20.40
Land rent 79.10 75.79 79.29 62.71
Machinery leases 3.53 - 2.98 -
Hauling and trucking 1.44 - - -
Marketing 0.11 - - 1.44
Operating interest 14.01 15.83 25.20 12.33
Miscellaneous 1.32 - 0.39 -
Total direct expenses per acre 473.54 492.72 453.17 437.68
Return over direct exp per acre 285.25 150.15 287.37 481.14
Overhead Expenses
Custom hire 5.31 12.33 0.20 5.56
Hired labor 38.58 44.35 38.58 16.30
Machinery leases 4.86 10.36 4.03 8.14
Farm insurance 6.12 9.24 4.05 2.84
Utilities 5.80 10.52 5.51 3.04
Dues & professional fees 7.35 11.29 6.02 2.80
Interest 16.31 39.13 14.45 10.31
Mach & bldg depreciation 55.55 77.62 53.27 47.27
Miscellaneous 10.35 5.24 7.80 10.31
Total overhead expenses per acre 150.23 220.07 133.91 106.58
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre 623.77 712.80 587.08 544.26
Net return per acre 135.02 -69.92 153.46 374.56
Government payments 16.15 18.50 14.11 16.52
Net return with govt pmts 151.17 -51.43 167.57 391.08
Labor & management charge 86.29 63.47 72.79 78.53
Net return over lbr & mgt 64.88 -114.90 94.77 312.55
Cost of Production
Total direct expense per ton 23.97 28.82 24.10 18.62
Total dir & ovhd exp per ton 31.57 41.70 31.22 23.15
Less govt & other income 29.92 39.91 28.12 22.39
With labor & management 34.29 43.62 31.99 25.73
Machinery cost per acre 211.02 275.90 179.10 208.93
Est. labor hours per acre 6.85 6.08 6.20 5.37

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