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

Corn on Cash Rent

Avg. Of
All Farms
Number of fields 17
Number of farms 17
Acres 476.46
Yield per acre (bu.) 148.68
Operators share of yield % 100.00
Value per bu. 2.24
Total product return per acre 333.69
Miscellaneous income per acre 11.55
Gross return per acre 345.23
Direct Expenses
Seed 44.24
Fertilizer 51.26
Crop chemicals 14.66
Crop insurance 9.43
Drying fuel 9.76
Fuel & oil 19.49
Repairs 22.40
Custom hire 5.26
Land rent 71.81
Machinery leases 0.33
Operating interest 7.58
Miscellaneous 0.20
Total direct expenses per acre 256.42
Return over direct exp per acre 88.81
Overhead Expenses
Custom hire 0.71
Hired labor 18.01
Machinery leases 6.45
Building leases 0.05
Farm insurance 2.83
Utilities 4.50
Dues & professional fees 1.91
Interest 4.52
Mach & bldg depreciation 10.74
Miscellaneous 1.76
Total overhead expenses per acre 51.48
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre 307.90
Net return per acre 37.33
Government payments 18.36
Net return with govt pmts 55.69
Labor & management charge 40.51
Net return over lbr & mgt 15.18
Cost of Production
Total direct expense per bu. 1.72
Total dir & ovhd exp per bu. 2.07
Less govt & other income 1.87
With labor & management 2.14
Machinery cost per acre 68.78
Est. labor hours per acre 2.19