Winter Wheat Budget for Wisconsin for 2010
Enter your farm values in the blue boxes.
Example Farm Your Farm
Unit Quantity Price Amount Unit Quantity Price Amount
($) ($/acre) ($) ($/acre)
Products Products
Winter Wheat - grain bu/acre 80.00 4.50 360.00 Winter Wheat - grain bu/acre 0.00
Winter Wheat - straw tons/acre 2.00 135.00 270.00 Winter Wheat - straw tons/acre 0.00
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Government payments bu/acre 68.40 0.52 35.57 Government payments bu/acre 0.52 0.00
Total 665.57 Total 0.00
Operating Costs Operating Costs
Input Expenses Input Expenses
Fertility Fertility
Urea 46-0-0 lbs of product 135.00 0.23 31.05 Nitrogen fertilizer lbs of product 0.00
Phosphorus 18-46-0 lbs of product 100.00 0.26 26.00 Phosphorus 0-46-0 lbs of product 0.00
Potassium 0-0-60 lbs of product 135.00 0.40 54.00 Potassium 0-0-60 lbs of product 0.00
0.00
0.00
Seed Plants Seed Plants
Winter Wheat Seed bushel 2.50 11.50 28.75 Winter Wheat Seed bushel 0.00
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous
CRC - Winter Wheat 70% acre 1.00 12.61 12.61 MPCI - Winter Wheat 70% acre 0.00
Custom fertilizer spreading acre 2.00 6.42 12.84 Pest Scouting acre 0.00
Pest Scouting acre 1.00 9.00 9.00 0.00
Hauling acre 1.00 6.00 6.00 0.00
0.00
Weed Control Weed Control
2,4-D pt 1.00 2.45 2.45 0.00
0.00
0.00
Disease Control
None 0.00 0.00 0.00 Disease Control
0.00
0.00
0.00
Insect Control Insect Control
None 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00
0.00
Part-time Labor hour 0.40 9.90 3.96 Part-time Labor hour 0.00
Part-time Labor Benefits 3.96 7.65% 0.30 Part-time Labor Benefits 0.00 7.65% 0.00
Energy Expenses Energy Expenses
Diesel Fuel gal 5.07 2.16 10.95 Diesel Fuel gal 0.00
Gasoline gal 0.96 1.96 1.88 Gasoline gal 0.00
Electricity KW hr 0.00 0.00 0.00 Electricity KW hr 0.00
Engine Lubrication acre 1.00 1.92 1.92 Engine Lubrication acre 0.00
Repairs and Maintenance Repairs and Maintenance
Power Units acre 1.00 6.65 6.65 Power Units acre 0.00
Implements acre 1.00 5.33 5.33 Implements acre 0.00
Durables acre 1.00 1.79 1.79 Durables acre 0.00
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Custom Rate Charges acre 0.00
Sub-Total 215.49 Sub-Total 0.00
Interest on Operating Capital - 6 months acre 215.49 4.50% 4.85 Interest on Operating Capital - 6 months acre 0.00 0.00
(Enter % in I82)
Total Operating Costs per Acre 220.34 Total Operating Costs per Acre 0.00
Total Operating Costs per Bushel 2.75 Total Operating Costs per Bushel #DIV/0!
Fixed Expenses Fixed Expenses
Unit Quantity Price Amount Unit Quantity Price Amount
($) ($/acre) ($) ($/acre)
Management charge % of Income 0.00 0.00 0.00 Management charge (enter % of income in I94) % of Income 0.00 0.00
Land ownership costs acre 1.00 85.00 85.00 Land ownership costs acre 0.00
Labor Expenses hour 1.44 10.00 14.40 Labor Expenses hour 0.00
Interest and Insurance Expenses Interest and Insurance Expenses
Power Units acre 1.00 9.00 9.00 Power Units acre 0.00
Implements acre 1.00 5.74 5.74 Implements acre 0.00
Durables acre 0.00 0.00 0.00 Durables acre 0.00
Depreciation Expenses Depreciation Expenses
Power Units acre 1.00 8.91 8.91 Power Units acre 0.00
Implements acre 1.00 10.68 10.68 Implements acre 0.00
Durables acre 0.00 0.00 0.00 Durables acre 0.00
Total Fixed Expenses per Acre 133.73 Total Fixed Expenses per Acre 0.00
Total Costs per Acre 354.07 Total Costs per Acre 0.00
Return to Land and Operator per Acre 445.23 Return to Land and Operator per Acre 0.00
Return to Operator per Acre 311.50 Return to Operator per Acre 0.00
Total Cost per Bushel (grain only) $ per bushel 4.43 Total Cost per Bushel (grain only) $ per bushel #DIV/0!
Total Cost per Bushel $ per bushel 1.05 Total Cost per Bushel $ per bushel #DIV/0!
(grain and straw) (grain and straw)
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Government payment based on the direct payment yield times $0.52 per bushel for wheat.
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Many farmers will not know what the energy, repairs and maintenance, interest and insurance, and depreciation expenses are
for many of the field operations needed to till, plant, and harvest the wheat crop. In place of these values, one can use the cumulative value per acre from the
Wisconsin's 2007 Custom Rate Guide.
This budget was developed with the Agricultural Budget Calculation Software (ABCS), version 7.1.
Developed by Ken Barnett, March 2009
University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Profitability
Winter Wheat Budget for Wisconsin for 2009
Example Farm
Risk Analyses
(Value of Production less Total Costs as Price and Yield Vary)
Grain and Straw
-20% -10% Price +10% +20%
$3.60 $4.05 $4.50 $4.95 $5.40
-20% 64.00 $146.33 $175.13 $203.93 $232.73 $261.53
-10% 72.00 $259.20 $207.53 $239.93 $272.33 $304.73
Yield 80.00 $288.00 $239.93 $275.93 $311.93 $347.93
+10% 88.00 $0.36 $272.33 $311.93 $351.53 $391.13
+20% 96.00 $0.72 $304.73 $347.93 $391.13 $434.33
Sensitvity Analysis
(Break-Even Yields as Price and Total Costs Vary)
Grain and Straw
-20% -10% Price +10% +20%
$3.60 $4.05 $4.50 $4.95 $5.40
-20% $67.26 18.68 16.61 14.95 13.59 12.45
-10% $75.66 21.02 18.68 16.81 15.29 14.01
Total Costs $84.07 23.35 20.76 18.68 16.98 15.57
+10% $92.48 25.69 22.83 20.55 18.68 17.13
+20% $100.88 28.02 24.91 22.42 20.38 18.68
Your Farm
Risk Analyses
(Value of Production less Total Costs as Price and Yield Vary)
Grain and Straw
-20% -10% Price +10% +20%
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
-20% 0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
-10% 0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Yield 0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
+10% 0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
+20% 0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Sensitvity Analysis
(Break-Even Yields as Price and Total Costs Vary)
Grain and Straw
-20% -10% Price +10% +20%
$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
-20% $0.00 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
-10% $0.00 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Total Costs $0.00 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
+10% $0.00 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
+20% $0.00 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Winter Wheat Budget for Wisconsin for 2009
Annual machinery expenses
Power Unit Main Implement Depreciation Interest Labor Energy Repair Times Cost
Over Per Acre
Tractor 200 HP MFWD Plow, disc-chisel 16.3 ft $3.49 $2.53 $1.31 $2.27 $1.01 1.00 $10.61
Tractor 160 HP MFWD Disk, tandem 21 ft $2.74 $1.76 $0.99 $1.37 $0.66 1.00 $7.52
Tractor 100 HP Used Drill, double disk 10 ft $3.66 $2.28 $4.13 $3.25 $2.81 1.00 $16.13
Combine, 265 HP Head, grain 20 ft $6.06 $5.85 $1.94 $4.06 $5.57 1.00 $23.48
Tractor 40 HP Baler PTO twine kicker $2.87 $1.21 $3.03 $0.87 $1.56 1.00 $9.54
Tractor 40 HP Bale elevator $0.58 $0.43 $6.68 $0.76 $0.15 1.00 $8.60
Tractor 60 HP Sprayer 45 ft $0.73 $0.49 $0.55 $0.26 $0.33 1.00 $2.36
Engine Lubrication $1.93
Totals $20.13 $14.55 $18.63 $14.77 $12.09 $80.17