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

Sugar Beets on Owned Land Excluding Joint venture

	Avg. Of
	All Farms

Number of fields	13
Number of farms	13

Acres	111.18
Yield per acre (ton)	19.25
Operators share of yield %	100.00
Value per ton	40.89
Total product return per acre	787.26
Miscellaneous income per acre	38.80
Gross return per acre	826.05

Direct Expenses
Seed	39.79
Fertilizer	28.59
Crop chemicals	126.18
Crop insurance	13.59
Fuel & oil	28.44
Repairs	63.82
Custom hire	4.66
Hired labor	28.54
Machinery & bldg leases	2.06
Operating interest	14.62
Miscellaneous	3.98
Total direct expenses per acre	354.28
Return over direct exp per acre	471.78

Overhead Expenses
Custom hire	2.54
Hired labor	29.58
Machinery & bldg leases	3.09
RE & pers. property taxes	14.48
Farm insurance	5.08
Utilities	4.76
Dues & professional fees	4.50
Interest	40.75
Mach & bldg depreciation	51.38
Miscellaneous	7.44
Total overhead expenses per acre	163.59
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre	517.86
Net return per acre	308.19

Lbr & mgt charge per acre	66.04
Net return over lbr & mgt	242.15
Government payments	14.23
Net return with govt payments	256.38

Cost of Production
Total direct expense per ton	18.40
Total dir & ovhd exp per ton	26.90
With labor & management	30.33
Total exp less govt & oth income	27.58

Est. labor hours per acre	6.22