Crop Enterprise Analysis
Farm Business Management - Moorhead
Northland Community & Technical College
(Farms Sorted By Net Return)
Sugar Beets on Owned Land Excluding Joint venture
| Avg. Of | |
| All Farms | |
| Number of fields | 15 |
| Number of farms | 15 |
| Acres | 144.60 |
| Yield per acre (ton) | 25.15 |
| Operators share of yield % | 100.00 |
| Value per ton | 39.26 |
| Total product return per acre | 987.30 |
| Miscellaneous income per acre | - |
| Gross return per acre | 987.30 |
| Direct Expenses | |
| Seed | 54.31 |
| Fertilizer | 43.34 |
| Crop chemicals | 97.56 |
| Crop insurance | 17.91 |
| Fuel & oil | 61.80 |
| Repairs | 68.21 |
| Custom hire | 6.46 |
| Hired labor | 27.47 |
| Machinery leases | 0.36 |
| Hauling and trucking | 2.18 |
| Operating interest | 43.19 |
| Miscellaneous | 1.36 |
| Total direct expenses per acre | 424.17 |
| Return over direct exp per acre | 563.13 |
| Overhead Expenses | |
| Custom hire | 1.47 |
| Hired labor | 26.78 |
| Machinery leases | 0.64 |
| RE & pers. property taxes | 15.13 |
| Farm insurance | 8.30 |
| Utilities | 4.40 |
| Dues & professional fees | 5.79 |
| Interest | 60.84 |
| Mach & bldg depreciation | 64.45 |
| Miscellaneous | 7.52 |
| Total overhead expenses per acre | 195.33 |
| Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre | 619.50 |
| Net return per acre | 367.80 |
| Government payments | 13.60 |
| Net return with govt pmts | 381.40 |
| Labor & management charge | 74.15 |
| Net return over lbr & mgt | 307.26 |
| Cost of Production | |
| Total direct expense per ton | 16.87 |
| Total dir & ovhd exp per ton | 24.64 |
| Less govt & other income | 24.09 |
| With labor & management | 27.04 |
| Machinery cost per acre | 223.65 |
| Est. labor hours per acre | 5.53 |