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Crop Enterprise Analysis, 2004
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 90 11 20
Number of farms 49 9 10
Acres 122.52 156.49 96.59
Yield per acre (cwt.) 9.19 6.63 13.21
Operators share of yield % 100.00 100.00 100.00
Value per cwt. 13.03 12.36 13.49
Total product return per acre 119.77 81.98 178.19
Miscellaneous income per acre 26.20 19.03 15.78
Gross return per acre 145.97 101.01 193.96
Direct Expenses
Seed 19.91 19.89 16.85
Fertilizer 17.24 19.08 11.78
Crop chemicals 17.94 23.81 17.86
Crop insurance 7.73 7.77 8.38
Drying fuel 0.45 - 0.66
Fuel & oil 8.37 7.25 9.07
Repairs 11.87 9.35 10.47
Custom hire 3.62 5.26 2.87
Land rent 29.43 28.98 32.98
Operating interest 3.01 3.64 1.98
Miscellaneous 0.15 - 0.11
Total direct expenses per acre 119.70 125.02 113.00
Return over direct exp per acre 26.26 -24.01 80.96
Overhead Expenses
Hired labor 3.50 3.82 1.87
Machinery & bldg leases 1.82 0.56 2.10
Farm insurance 1.45 1.17 1.25
Utilities 1.35 1.51 1.15
Interest 2.27 4.55 1.83
Mach & bldg depreciation 11.05 10.12 11.86
Miscellaneous 2.08 1.85 2.96
Total overhead expenses per acre 23.53 23.57 23.02
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre 143.23 148.59 136.02
Net return per acre 2.74 -47.58 57.94
Lbr & mgt charge per acre 14.48 12.43 15.67
Net return over lbr & mgt -11.75 -60.01 42.28
Government payments 9.80 10.23 10.12
Net return with govt payments -1.94 -49.78 52.39
Cost of Production
Total direct expense per cwt. 13.02 18.85 8.55
Total dir & ovhd exp per cwt. 15.58 22.40 10.30
With labor & management 17.16 24.28 11.48
Total exp less govt & oth income 13.24 19.86 9.52
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