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