Cotton Production Costs and Returns: Eastern Uplands

Cotton production costs and returns per planted acre, excluding Government payments, Eastern Uplands, 2016-2018 1/
Item	2016	2017	2018
	Dollars per planted acre
Gross value of production:
Primary product: Cotton	n/a	n/a	n/a
Secondary product: Cottonseed	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total, gross value of production	n/a	n/a	n/a
Operating costs:
Seed	n/a	n/a	n/a
Fertilizer 2/	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chemicals	n/a	n/a	n/a
Custom operations	n/a	n/a	n/a
Fuel, lube, and electricity	n/a	n/a	n/a
Repairs	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ginning	n/a	n/a	n/a
Purchased irrigation water	n/a	n/a	n/a
Interest on operating inputs	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total, operating costs	n/a	n/a	n/a
Allocated overhead:
Hired labor	n/a	n/a	n/a
Opportunity cost of unpaid labor	n/a	n/a	n/a
Capital recovery of machinery and equipment	n/a	n/a	n/a
Opportunity cost of land	n/a	n/a	n/a
Taxes and insurance	n/a	n/a	n/a
General farm overhead	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total, allocated overhead	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total costs listed	n/a	n/a	n/a

Value of production less total costs listed	n/a	n/a	n/a
Value of production less operating costs	n/a	n/a	n/a

Supporting information:
Cotton Yield: pounds per planted acre	n/a	n/a	n/a
Price: dollars per pound	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cottonseed Yield: pounds per planted acre	n/a	n/a	n/a
Price: dollars per pound	n/a	n/a	n/a
Enterprise size (planted acres) 1/	n/a	n/a	n/a
Production practices: 1/
Percent irrigated	n/a	n/a	n/a
Percent dryland	n/a	n/a	n/a

1/ 2015-2017 estimates developed from survey base year, 2015.
2/ Commercial fertilizer, soil conditioners, and manure.

Last Updated on 5/1/2019