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Crop Enterprise Analysis, 2000
North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program
State Report
(Farms Sorted By Net Return)
Sunflowers on Cash Rent
Avg. Of
All Farms Low 20% High 20%
Number of fields 134 20 29
Number of farms 70 14 14
Acres 107.50 120.42 93.02
Yield per acre (cwt) 12.96 7.96 18.09
Operators share of yield % 100.00 100.00 100.00
Value per cwt 9.72 8.96 10.04
Total product return per acre 125.96 71.35 181.57
Miscellaneous income per acre 10.26 19.39 7.01
Gross return per acre 136.23 90.74 188.58
Direct Expenses
Seed 13.62 13.28 14.25
Fertilizer 11.41 11.40 12.04
Crop chemicals 14.32 13.74 15.76
Crop insurance 5.86 5.81 4.71
Fuel & oil 7.81 9.28 7.06
Repairs 12.45 14.82 11.59
Custom hire 2.68 1.59 1.58
Land rent 26.04 29.36 24.01
Machinery & bldg leases 0.14 0.53 0.17
Operating interest 3.91 4.50 2.88
Miscellaneous 0.14 0.03 0.21
Total direct expenses per acre 98.40 104.35 94.26
Return over direct exp per acre 37.83 -13.61 94.32
Overhead Expenses
Hired labor 2.91 3.76 1.83
Machinery & bldg leases 1.10 0.68 1.08
Farm insurance 1.56 2.07 1.41
Utilities 1.27 1.39 1.09
Dues & professional fees 0.39 0.52 0.44
Interest 4.24 6.88 3.59
Mach & bldg depreciation 7.37 7.98 8.22
Miscellaneous 2.58 3.79 2.06
Total overhead expenses per acre 21.42 27.07 19.72
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre 119.82 131.42 113.98
Net return per acre 16.41 -40.68 74.60
Lbr & mgt charge per acre 15.03 16.47 14.07
Net return over lbr & mgt 1.38 -57.15 60.53
Government payments 18.74 21.23 17.30
Net return with govt payments 20.12 -35.93 77.83
Cost of Production
Total direct expense per cwt 7.59 13.11 5.21
Total dir & ovhd exp per cwt 9.25 16.51 6.30
With labor & management 10.41 18.58 7.08
Total exp less govt & oth income 8.17 13.48 5.73