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

Sugar Beets on Owned Land Including Joint venture

	Avg. Of
	All Farms

Number of fields	11
Number of farms	10

Acres	83.82
Yield per acre (ton)	24.36
Operators share of yield %	100.00
Value per ton	40.65
Total product return per acre	990.35
Miscellaneous income per acre	3.18
Gross return per acre	993.52

Direct Expenses
Seed	48.84
Fertilizer	42.41
Crop chemicals	98.56
Crop insurance	17.51
Fuel & oil	52.18
Repairs	63.66
Custom hire	3.61
Hired labor	28.84
Stock/quota lease	214.15
Hauling and trucking	2.33
Operating interest	31.98
Miscellaneous	1.14
Total direct expenses per acre	605.21
Return over direct exp per acre	388.32

Overhead Expenses
Custom hire	1.84
Hired labor	16.36
RE & pers. property taxes	11.25
Farm insurance	4.15
Utilities	1.79
Dues & professional fees	3.89
Interest	52.39
Mach & bldg depreciation	43.50
Miscellaneous	10.18
Total overhead expenses per acre	145.35
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre	750.55
Net return per acre	242.97

Government payments	14.85
Net return with govt pmts	257.82
Labor & management charge	76.85
Net return over lbr & mgt	180.97

Cost of Production
Total direct expense per ton	24.84
Total dir & ovhd exp per ton	30.81
Less govt & other income	30.07
With labor & management	33.22

Machinery cost per acre	175.40
Est. labor hours per acre	5.40