TABLE 11 - 10
Crop Enterprise Analysis, 2000
North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program
State Report
(Farms Sorted By Net Return)
Barley on Owned Land
Avg. Of
All Farms Low 20% High 20%
Number of fields 148 26 28
Number of farms 110 22 22
Acres 91.98 94.07 85.99
Yield per acre (bushel) 53.02 41.52 67.67
Operators share of yield % 100.00 100.00 100.00
Value per bushel 1.90 1.62 2.17
Other product return per acre 0.09 - -
Total product return per acre 100.89 67.24 147.11
Miscellaneous income per acre 4.76 6.73 4.80
Gross return per acre 105.65 73.96 151.91
Direct Expenses
Seed 5.69 5.82 6.10
Fertilizer 13.73 15.55 12.85
Crop chemicals 9.23 11.40 7.81
Crop insurance 4.86 4.24 6.45
Fuel & oil 7.16 7.58 6.24
Repairs 9.86 11.90 8.41
Custom hire 2.25 4.65 1.48
Operating interest 2.48 4.47 1.76
Miscellaneous 0.39 0.57 1.33
Total direct expenses per acre 55.65 66.18 52.44
Return over direct exp per acre 50.00 7.79 99.47
Overhead Expenses
Hired labor 2.54 5.34 2.62
Machinery & bldg leases 0.94 1.09 0.54
RE & pers. property taxes 4.14 4.42 4.13
Farm insurance 1.54 1.87 1.41
Utilities 1.36 1.32 1.19
Interest 14.08 16.15 14.55
Mach & bldg depreciation 7.69 7.36 6.10
Miscellaneous 2.78 2.73 2.28
Total overhead expenses per acre 35.07 40.28 32.81
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre 90.73 106.46 85.25
Net return per acre 14.92 -32.50 66.66
Lbr & mgt charge per acre 13.77 15.26 14.92
Net return over lbr & mgt 1.15 -47.76 51.73
Government payments 20.24 19.06 21.25
Net return with govt payments 21.38 -28.70 72.98
Cost of Production
Total direct expense per bushel 1.05 1.59 0.77
Total dir & ovhd exp per bushel 1.71 2.56 1.26
With labor & management 1.97 2.93 1.48
Total exp less govt & oth income 1.50 2.31 1.10