Grain Corn - No-Till Enterprise Budget

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Grain Corn - No-Till Enterprise Budget

Author:	John Molenhuis - Business Analysis & Cost of Production Program Lead/OMAFRA
Creation Date:	10 March 2003
Last Reviewed:	19 March 2009

Revenue	Revised Jan 2009 Sample cost per Acre	Your Farm Budget
Expected Yield (bu/ac)	137.00
Expected Price ($/bu)	4.50
Total Expected Revenue (Yield x Price)
add: Program Payment
Total Revenue

Expenses	Revised Jan 2009 Sample cost per Acre	Your Farm Budget
Seed - 30,000 Kernels, treated	68
Seed Treatment
Fertilizer #1 115 kg/ha (410 kg/ha of 28-0-0 U.A.N)	86
Fertilizer #2 20 kg/ha P	15
Fertilizer #3 50 kg/ha K	32
Herbicide - Annual grasses and broadleaf herbicides	44
Herbicide - Burndown control	9
Herbicide - other weed control
Insecticides	0
Fungicides
Crop Insurance	15
Program Premium
Custom Work #1 Pesticide Application	18
Custom Work #2 Fert. Application mixing delivery	9
Custom Work #3 Other
Drying 8 points	72
Storage	29
Trucking	25
Marketing Fees	1
Other
Fuel	12
Mach. Repair & Maint.	9
Bldg. Repair & Maint.
Labour	7
General variable costs
Interest on Operating capital	11
Total Variable Costs	462

Gross Margin (Revenue - Variable Costs)

Fixed Costs	Revised Jan 2009 Sample cost per Acre	Your Farm Budget
Depreciation	15
Interest on Term Loans	12
Land Cost
Long-Term Leases
General Fixed Costs	3
Total Fixed Costs	30
Total Expenses	492

Breakeven Price on Your Farm is (Total Expenses/Expected Yield)

Allocation of General Variable and Fixed Costs

General Variable and Fixed Costs or general overhead costs are those whole farm costs that can be difficult to allocate to a specific enterprise. These costs will show little or no change whether one crop or another is grown. That is to say your crop mix choice should be the same after allocating general overhead costs as it was before they were added. This table allows you to allocate these overhead costs and transfer them to the budget to arrive at a total cost of production.

Cost Item	Whole Farm $	Percent Allocated to Grain Corn	Total Dollars Allocated to Grain Corn	Per Acre Costs for Grain Corn
*Example: 100 acres of Grain Corn* *Legal and accounting fees*	*$1500.00*	*20%*	*$300*	*$3.00*
General Variable Costs	$	Grain Corn	Grain Corn	Grain Corn
Advertising
Electricity and Heating Fuel
Telephone
Memberships / Subscription Fees
Office Expenses
Legal and Accounting Fees
Motor Vehicle Expenses
Small Tools
Soil Testing
Licenses/permits
Other general variable costs
Total General Variable Costs
General Fixed Costs
Property Taxes
Other Insurance Premiums
Other general fixed costs
Total General Fixed Costs
Total Fixed Costs
Total Expenses

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