Corn following Soybeans
Ag Decision Maker -- Iowa State University Extension
Crop Production Cost Budgets has more information on the cost and returns for growing a corn crop after
a previous crop of soybeans.
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Enter your input values in shaded cells.
Field Name Expected Yield 180 bu./acre
Example Acres 500
Cost per Acre Total Cost
Preharvest machinery Fixed Variable Total All Acres
Tandem disk $3.50 $2.90 $6.40 $3,200
Apply nitrogen $4.50 $4.90 $9.40 $4,700
Field cultivate $2.40 $2.70 $5.10 $2,550
Plant $5.70 $4.90 $10.60 $5,300
Spray $1.70 $1.50 $3.20 $1,600
Custom hire $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Other $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Other $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Total per acre $17.80 $16.90 $34.70 $17,350
Total all acres $8,900 $8,450 $17,350 ----
Seed, chemicals, etc.
Seed ---- $97.50 $97.50 $48,750
cost per 1000 kernels $3.25
kernels per acre 30,000
Nitrogen ---- $64.77 $64.77 $32,385
price per pound $0.51
pounds per acre 127
Phosphate ---- $40.12 $40.12 $20,060
price per pound $0.59
pounds per acre 68
Potash ---- $25.38 $25.38 $12,690
price per pound $0.47
pounds per acre 54
Lime (annual cost) ---- $9.67 $9.67 $4,835
Herbicide ---- $25.00 $25.00 $12,500
Crop insurance ---- $16.50 $16.50 $8,250
Miscellaneous ---- $9.00 $9.00 $4,500
Interest on preharvest variable costs ---- $12.19 $12.19 $6,097
length of period (months) 8
interest rate 6.0%
Total ---- $300.13 $300.13 $150,067
Harvest machinery
Combine $17.60 $9.90 $27.50 $13,750
Grain Cart $5.70 $3.00 $8.70 $4,350
Haul $7.20 $6.30 $13.50 $6,750
Fixed- price per bushel $0.04
Variable- price per bushel $0.04
Drying $9.00 $51.84 $60.84 $30,420
Fixed- price per bushel $0.05
Variable- price per bushel $0.29
Handling $2.70 $3.60 $6.30 $3,150
Fixed- price per bushel $0.02
Variable- price per bushel $0.02
Custom hire $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Total per acre $42.20 $74.64 $116.84 $58,420
Total all acres $21,100 $37,320 $58,420 ----
Labor
Operator $30.16 ---- $30.16 $15,080
Hours 2.6
Rate per hour $11.60
Hired ---- $0.00 $0.00 $0
Hours 0
Rate per hour $0.00
Total $30.16 $0.00 $30.16 $15,080
Land
Cash rent equivalent $215.00 ---- $215.00 $107,500
Total fixed, variable and all costs
Per acre $305.16 $391.67 $696.83 $348,417
Per bushel $1.70 $2.18 $3.87 ----
All acres $152,580 $195,837 $348,417 ----
Return per Acre Over Return
Variable Costs All Costs All Acres
Gross returns
Expected selling price $4.75 ---- $855.00 $427,500
Government payments
Direct payment ---- $0.00 $0
Counter Cyclical pymts. ---- $0.00 $0
Expected LDP rate $0.00 ---- $0.00 $0
Total returns ---- $855.00 $427,500
Net returns $463.33 $158.17 $79,083
Version 1.2
Contact: Ann Johanns
Date Printed:
11/22/2011
. . . and justice for all
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability,
political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Many materials can be made available in alternative formats
for ADA clients. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC
20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964.
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Gerald A. Miller, interim
director, Cooperative Extension Service, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa.
Corn following Soybeans
Ag Decision Maker -- Iowa State University Extension
Crop Production Cost Budgets has more information on the cost and returns for growing a corn crop after
a previous crop of soybeans.
Place the cursor over cells with red triangles to read comments.
Enter your input values in shaded cells.
Field Name Expected Yield bu./acre
Example Acres
Cost per Acre Total Cost
Preharvest machinery Fixed Variable Total All Acres
Tandem disk $0.00 $0
Apply nitrogen $0.00 $0
Field cultivate $0.00 $0
Plant $0.00 $0
Spray $0.00 $0
Custom hire $0.00 $0
Other $0.00 $0
Other $0.00 $0
Total per acre $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Total all acres $0 $0 $0 ----
Seed, chemicals, etc.
Seed ---- $0.00 $0.00 $0
cost per 1000 kernels
kernels per acre
Nitrogen ---- $0.00 $0.00 $0
price per pound
pounds per acre
Phosphate ---- $0.00 $0.00 $0
price per pound
pounds per acre
Potash ---- $0.00 $0.00 $0
price per pound
pounds per acre
Lime (annual cost) ---- $0.00 $0
Herbicide ---- $0.00 $0
Crop insurance ---- $0.00 $0
Miscellaneous ---- $0.00 $0
Interest on preharvest variable costs ---- $0.00 $0.00 $0
length of period (months)
interest rate
Total ---- $0.00 $0.00 $0
Harvest machinery
Combine $0.00 $0
Grain Cart $0.00 $0
Haul $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Fixed- price per bushel
Variable- price per bushel
Drying $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Fixed- price per bushel
Variable- price per bushel
Handling $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Fixed- price per bushel
Variable- price per bushel
Custom hire $0.00 $0
Total per acre $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Total all acres $0 $0 $0 ----
Labor
Operator $0.00 ---- $0.00 $0
Hours
Rate per hour
Hired ---- $0.00 $0.00 $0
Hours
Rate per hour
Total $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Land
Cash rent equivalent ---- $0.00 $0
Total fixed, variable and all costs
Per acre $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0
Per bushel $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 ----
All acres $0 $0 $0 ----
Return per Acre Over Return
Variable Costs All Costs All Acres
Gross returns
Expected selling price ---- $0.00 $0
Government payments
Direct payment ---- $0
Counter Cyclical pymts. ---- $0
Expected LDP rate ---- $0.00 $0
Total returns ---- $0.00 $0
Net returns $0.00 $0.00 $0
Version 1.2
Contact: Ann Johanns
Date Printed:
11/22/2011
. . . and justice for all
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability,
political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Many materials can be made available in alternative formats
for ADA clients. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC
20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964.
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Gerald A. Miller, interim
director, Cooperative Extension Service, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa.