Cotton Production Costs and Returns: Prairie Gateway

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

Item

2007

2008

2009

 

Dollars per planted acre

Gross value of production:
Primary product: Cotton

$490.60

$261.08

$268.80

Secondary product: Cottonseed

$115.52

$83.16

$62.16

  Total, gross value of production

$606.12

$344.24

$330.96

Operating costs:
Seed

$44.57

$49.70

$56.91

Fertilizer  2/

$34.64

$52.91

$51.96

Chemicals

$36.95

$38.67

$43.25

Custom operations

$12.83

$12.83

$13.97

Fuel, lube, and electricity

$51.59

$61.80

$41.47

Repairs

$29.97

$30.77

$31.37

Ginning

$136.38

$65.44

$79.38

Purchased irrigation water

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

Interest on operating inputs

$4.66

$2.31

$0.46

  Total, operating costs

$351.59

$314.43

$318.77

Allocated overhead:
Hired labor

$11.30

$11.68

$11.94

Opportunity cost of unpaid labor

$27.64

$28.58

$29.20

Capital recovery of machinery and equipment

$100.82

$108.74

$117.71

Opportunity cost of land

$30.55

$34.20

$38.44

Taxes and insurance

$6.18

$6.86

$7.35

General farm overhead

$11.50

$11.81

$12.04

  Total, allocated overhead

$187.99

$201.87

$216.68

Total costs listed

$539.58

$516.30

$535.45

 
Value of production less total costs listed

$66.54

($172.06)

($204.49)

Value of production less operating costs

$254.53

$29.81

$12.19

 
Supporting information:
Cotton Yield: pounds per planted acre

892

428

480

Price: dollars per pound

$0.55

$0.61

$0.56

Cottonseed Yield: pounds per planted acre

1,444

693

777

Price: dollars per pound

$0.08

$0.12

$0.08

Enterprise size (planted acres) 1/

770

770

770

Production practices: 1/
Percent irrigated

46

46

46

Percent dryland

54

54

54

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

Last Updated on 10/05/2010