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 47 8 9 10
Number of farms 44 8 8 9
Acres 201.77 349.38 141.22 209.42
Yield per acre (ton) 17.68 15.90 14.83 19.72
Operators share of yield % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Value per ton 34.55 34.33 34.17 36.28
Total product return per acre 610.81 545.62 506.65 715.22
Miscellaneous income per acre 23.63 27.17 51.30 35.59
Gross return per acre 634.44 572.79 557.94 750.82
Direct Expenses
Seed 41.76 42.07 35.17 41.51
Fertilizer 27.30 29.49 19.35 26.24
Crop chemicals 102.52 107.12 75.49 104.38
Crop insurance 13.14 14.10 14.30 11.35
Fuel & oil 34.49 43.81 25.51 30.97
Repairs 63.97 99.14 47.52 52.13
Custom hire 11.71 5.63 2.27 20.60
Hired labor 18.60 18.42 17.81 24.11
Land rent 70.54 64.46 77.30 74.23
Machinery & bldg leases 0.85 1.88 - 0.73
Operating interest 16.71 24.58 17.26 8.63
Miscellaneous 0.19 - - 0.79
Total direct expenses per acre 401.77 450.72 331.98 395.66
Return over direct exp per acre 232.67 122.08 225.96 355.15
Overhead Expenses
Custom hire 7.50 12.43 6.38 0.52
Hired labor 25.87 34.87 8.75 23.25
Machinery & bldg leases 10.07 20.22 7.20 8.90
Farm insurance 4.88 8.26 1.48 3.47
Utilities 6.72 9.53 4.99 4.89
Dues & professional fees 5.48 5.26 4.01 4.06
Interest 23.91 32.76 15.58 16.74
Mach & bldg depreciation 34.62 32.68 29.08 34.35
Miscellaneous 10.08 5.84 10.41 9.42
Total overhead expenses per acre 129.13 161.83 87.88 105.60
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre 530.90 612.55 419.86 501.27
Net return per acre 103.54 -39.76 138.09 249.55
Lbr & mgt charge per acre 67.73 78.22 59.39 68.54
Net return over lbr & mgt 35.81 -117.97 78.70 181.01
Government payments 25.12 23.90 24.93 27.87
Net return with govt payments 60.93 -94.07 103.63 208.88
Cost of Production
Total direct expense per ton 22.72 28.35 22.39 20.07
Total dir & ovhd exp per ton 30.03 38.54 28.31 25.42
With labor & management 33.86 43.46 32.32 28.90
Total exp less govt & oth income 31.10 40.24 27.18 25.68
Est. labor hours per acre 6.93 7.71 5.35 6.90