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

Corn on Owned Land

	Avg. Of
	All Farms

Number of fields	11
Number of farms	11

Acres	144.89
Yield per acre (bu.)	130.55
Operators share of yield %	100.00
Value per bu.	2.81
Total product return per acre	367.15
Miscellaneous income per acre	2.64
Gross return per acre	369.79

Direct Expenses
Seed	49.07
Fertilizer	56.24
Crop chemicals	16.40
Crop insurance	13.01
Drying fuel	6.05
Fuel & oil	20.68
Repairs	23.60
Custom hire	2.78
Hired labor	0.12
Operating interest	13.44
Total direct expenses per acre	201.38
Return over direct exp per acre	168.41

Overhead Expenses
Custom hire	0.93
Hired labor	8.58
Machinery leases	1.16
Building leases	0.32
RE & pers. property taxes	10.24
Farm insurance	4.66
Utilities	3.64
Dues & professional fees	3.15
Interest	46.45
Mach & bldg depreciation	20.57
Miscellaneous	3.54
Total overhead expenses per acre	103.24
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre	304.63
Net return per acre	65.16

Government payments	13.25
Net return with govt pmts	78.42
Labor & management charge	25.20
Net return over lbr & mgt	53.22

Cost of Production
Total direct expense per bu.	1.54
Total dir & ovhd exp per bu.	2.33
Less govt & other income	2.21
With labor & management	2.40

Machinery cost per acre	75.58
Est. labor hours per acre	1.90