Cotton Production Costs and Returns: Mississippi Portal

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Cotton production costs and returns per planted acre, excluding Government payments, Mississippi Portal, 2007-2009 1/

Item

2007

2008

2009

 

Dollars per planted acre

Gross value of production:
Primary product: Cotton

$540.96

$477.68

$410.85

Secondary product: Cottonseed

$125.04

$151.80

$96.64

  Total, gross value of production

$666.00

$629.48

$507.49

Operating costs:
Seed

$81.10

$90.44

$103.56

Fertilizer  2/

$80.08

$122.32

$120.12

Chemicals

$91.48

$95.73

$107.08

Custom operations

$26.79

$26.79

$29.18

Fuel, lube, and electricity

$36.75

$46.91

$30.66

Repairs

$37.55

$38.55

$39.30

Ginning

$143.03

$126.30

$119.63

Purchased irrigation water

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

Interest on operating inputs

$7.84

$4.05

$0.80

  Total, operating costs

$504.62

$551.09

$550.33

Allocated overhead:
Hired labor

$15.74

$16.27

$16.63

Opportunity cost of unpaid labor

$19.32

$19.97

$20.41

Capital recovery of machinery and equipment

$128.63

$138.73

$150.18

Opportunity cost of land

$78.29

$87.63

$98.52

Taxes and insurance

$9.31

$10.33

$11.08

General farm overhead

$18.22

$18.71

$19.07

  Total, allocated overhead

$269.51

$291.64

$315.89

Total costs listed

$774.13

$842.73

$866.22

 
Value of production less total costs listed

($108.13)

($213.25)

($358.73)

Value of production less operating costs

$161.38

$78.39

($42.84)

 
Supporting information:
Cotton Yield: pounds per planted acre

966

853

747

Price: dollars per pound

$0.56

$0.56

$0.55

Cottonseed Yield: pounds per planted acre

1,563

1,380

1,208

Price: dollars per pound

$0.08

$0.11

$0.08

Enterprise size (planted acres) 1/

954

954

954

Production practices: 1/
Percent irrigated

45

45

45

Percent dryland

55

55

55

 
1/ 2007-2009 estimates developed from survey base year, 2007.
2/ Commercial fertilizer, soil conditioners, and manure.

Last Updated on 10/05/2010