Subscribe to receive top agriculture news
Be informed daily with these free e-newsletters
1 Min Read
How do your production costs look for the year ahead? Iowa State University just released its 2015 crop-production estimates, and I hope your figures look better than these guidelines. That won’t be easy, I’m afraid, but then actual costs can vary greatly.
Based on $273/acre rent, they’re talking $4.23 per bushel to produce corn and $10.96 soybeans. Wow!
You save 2¢/bushel by planting non-traited soybeans, and another 2-8¢ by strip-tilling instead of conventional tilling.
2015 crop production budgets
Corn following soybeans
Cost/acre | Cost/bushel | Cost/acre | Cost/bushel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Strip-till* | $764.54 | $4.15 | $547.12 | $10.94 |
Conventional tillage | $760.81 | $4.23 | $547.80 | $10.96 |
*Herbicide-resistant soybeans
These figures reflect rent of $273/acre, $13/hr. labor, 180-bu. corn yields and 50-bu. soybean yields. Conventional tillage includes tandem disk, field cultivation, plant and spray.
About the Author
You May Also Like
Enter a zip code to see the weather conditions for a different location.
Recommended
Aug 27 - Aug 29, 2024
Aug 27 - Aug 29, 2024
The nation’s largest outdoor farm event that annually hosts over 600 exhibitors from around the world.
LEARN MORE