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Marketing Guide 2001

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Prairie Grains is the official publication of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, North Dakota Grain Growers Association and South Dakota Wheat, Inc.

Copyright Prairie Grains Magazine Marketing Guide  2001

2000 Breakeven Yield Per Acre **
Crop Enterprise Analysis,
ND Farm Business Management Education Program

 

Avg All Farms In FBM

Avg of
Low 20%

Avg of High 20%

Spring wheat on owned land

27.23

32.61

24.61

Spring wheat on rented land

30.75

35.44

26.93

Barley on owned land

45.25

61.56

37.07

Barley on rented land

53.78

70.27

43.57

Canola on owned land

11.29

16.27

9.42

Canola on rented land

11.80

14.32

10.58

Corn on owned land

84.10

93.59

76.49

Corn on rented land

96.55

98.55

91.10

Soybeans on owned land

n/a*

n/a*

n/a*

Soybeans on rented land

27.15

31.09

23.04

Oil sunflower on owned land

10.04

10.35

9.77

Oil sunflower on rented land

11.27

12.50

10.65

* Not enough data to report on 20% high and low profit comparison.
**Decoupled government payments (AMTA and MLA) and unpaid operator labor are not considered in the breadeven crop yield.

These numbers are calculated from data by farm management instructors using FINPACK software, with information from actual farms across North Dakota (excluding Red River Valley) and compiled at NDSU.

Complete enterprise analysis on over 20 crops as well as beef and dairy in North Dakota may be found online at http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/finance.htm. The analysis includes analysis of gross and net returns per acre.  Farm management planning guides that provide projected estimates of revenues and costs for selected crops in different regions of ND in 2001 can be found online at http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/ecguides.htm. A listing of farm business management educators in ND may be found online at http://www.state.nd.us/vte/programs/ag/adult.html.

Enterprise analysis of farms in Minnesota that participate in the Farm Business Management Program—as well as a listing of Minnesota FBM instructors—may be found online at http://www.mgt.org/fbm/index.htm.