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Crop Enterprise Analysis, 2000
North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program
State Report
(Farms Sorted By Net Return)
Sunflowers on Owned Land
Avg. Of
All Farms Low 20% High 20%
Number of fields 64 14 12
Number of farms 50 10 10
Acres 100.22 86.06 111.68
Yield per acre (cwt) 13.79 6.46 20.27
Operators share of yield % 100.00 100.00 100.00
Value per cwt 10.02 9.10 10.41
Total product return per acre 138.24 58.79 211.00
Miscellaneous income per acre 8.95 16.79 -
Gross return per acre 147.19 75.58 211.00
Direct Expenses
Seed 13.91 14.04 13.17
Fertilizer 11.58 10.94 8.89
Crop chemicals 15.76 7.88 19.04
Crop insurance 5.37 5.93 3.58
Drying fuel 0.43 0.16 0.84
Fuel & oil 8.45 9.50 7.55
Repairs 11.88 16.10 11.23
Custom hire 1.79 2.42 2.70
Operating interest 3.11 3.71 2.74
Miscellaneous 0.25 0.33 0.33
Total direct expenses per acre 72.53 71.00 70.09
Return over direct exp per acre 74.66 4.58 140.91
Overhead Expenses
Hired labor 2.00 1.87 3.70
Machinery & bldg leases 1.37 1.55 0.75
RE & pers. property taxes 3.78 3.85 4.33
Farm insurance 1.95 2.25 1.91
Utilities 1.47 1.95 1.29
Dues & professional fees 0.41 0.40 1.01
Interest 14.46 19.55 10.11
Mach & bldg depreciation 8.55 7.01 7.13
Miscellaneous 3.04 1.58 1.40
Total overhead expenses per acre 37.01 40.00 31.63
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre 109.55 111.00 101.72
Net return per acre 37.64 -35.42 109.28
Lbr & mgt charge per acre 16.57 17.47 16.02
Net return over lbr & mgt 21.07 -52.89 93.26
Government payments 19.36 20.75 18.24
Net return with govt payments 40.43 -32.14 111.50
Cost of Production
Total direct expense per cwt 5.26 10.99 3.46
Total dir & ovhd exp per cwt 7.94 17.19 5.02
With labor & management 9.14 19.89 5.81
Total exp less govt & oth income 7.09 14.08 4.91