TABLE 11 - 32
Crop Enterprise Analysis, 2001
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 55 10 8
Number of farms 42 8 8
Acres 100.91 84.19 136.57
Yield per acre (cwt) 13.82 6.53 18.77
Operators share of yield % 100.00 100.00 100.00
Value per cwt 10.62 9.79 11.22
Other product return per acre 0.26 - -
Total product return per acre 147.05 63.99 210.66
Miscellaneous income per acre 8.08 35.72 -
Gross return per acre 155.13 99.71 210.66
Direct Expenses
Seed 14.66 14.99 14.62
Fertilizer 16.21 13.90 19.83
Crop chemicals 16.75 14.33 22.97
Crop insurance 4.95 8.81 3.33
Fuel & oil 8.71 12.39 8.56
Repairs 11.29 13.94 8.81
Custom hire 3.06 4.19 0.64
Operating interest 4.10 2.63 2.05
Miscellaneous 0.25 0.03 -
Total direct expenses per acre 79.99 85.21 80.81
Return over direct exp per acre 75.14 14.50 129.85
Overhead Expenses
Hired labor 3.01 2.52 4.49
Machinery & bldg leases 1.57 0.10 4.56
RE & pers. property taxes 4.13 4.39 4.56
Farm insurance 2.10 2.90 1.45
Utilities 1.44 0.99 1.22
Interest 16.57 16.31 6.16
Mach & bldg depreciation 8.11 6.60 9.16
Miscellaneous 3.55 3.43 1.39
Total overhead expenses per acre 40.47 37.23 32.99
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre 120.46 122.44 113.79
Net return per acre 34.67 -22.73 96.87
Lbr & mgt charge per acre 14.45 17.49 14.87
Net return over lbr & mgt 20.22 -40.22 82.00
Government payments 16.89 18.99 18.07
Net return with govt payments 37.11 -21.23 100.07
Cost of Production
Total direct expense per cwt 5.79 13.04 4.31
Total dir & ovhd exp per cwt 8.72 18.74 6.06
With labor & management 9.76 21.42 6.86
Total exp less govt & oth income 7.94 13.04 5.89