Farm Business Management -- Reports -- Minnesota STATEWIDE

	Avg. Of
	All Farms	Low 20%	20 - 40%	40 - 60%	60 - 80%	High 20%

Number of fields	49	9	8	9	10	9
Number of farms	47	9	8	9	9	9

Acres	132.88	103.47	280.99	88.30	108.30	123.26
Yield per acre (unit)	84.75	44.68	67.60	88.17	107.41	131.91
Operators share of yield %	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Value per unit	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total product return per acre	84.75	44.68	67.60	88.17	107.41	131.91
Miscellaneous income per acre	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gross return per acre	84.75	44.68	67.60	88.17	107.41	131.91

Direct Expenses
Seed	0.12	-	-	0.98	-	-
Fuel & oil	0.63	0.85	0.82	0.21	0.64	0.21
Repairs	1.17	1.09	1.45	0.38	1.91	0.54
Miscellaneous	0.29	0.33	0.24	0.07	0.64	0.10
Total direct expenses per acre	2.21	2.27	2.52	1.64	3.19	0.85
Return over direct exp per acre	82.55	42.41	65.08	86.53	104.22	131.06

Overhead Expenses
Machinery & bldg leases	0.48	0.11	0.22	0.04	0.11	2.16
RE & pers. property taxes	9.60	3.65	8.73	13.66	7.63	14.67
Farm insurance	2.29	1.51	3.92	0.61	2.02	1.44
Utilities	0.37	0.20	0.22	0.02	1.29	0.17
Interest	27.50	15.09	18.38	38.31	36.41	42.44
Mach & bldg depreciation	1.32	0.87	1.22	0.45	1.72	2.05
Miscellaneous	1.16	0.36	1.40	0.60	1.55	0.53
Total overhead expenses per acre	42.72	21.78	34.09	53.69	50.74	63.46
Total dir & ovhd expenses per acre	44.93	24.06	36.61	55.33	53.93	64.31
Net return per acre	39.82	20.63	30.99	32.84	53.48	67.60

Lbr & mgt charge per acre	2.00	1.77	1.68	0.88	1.46	1.18
Net return over lbr & mgt	37.83	18.86	29.31	31.96	52.02	66.42
Government payments	3.14	10.52	-	4.36	6.64	-
Net return with govt payments	40.97	29.38	29.31	36.32	58.66	66.42

Cost of Production
Total direct expense per unit	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.01
Total dir & ovhd exp per unit	0.53	0.54	0.54	0.63	0.50	0.49
With labor & management	0.55	0.58	0.57	0.64	0.52	0.50
Total exp less govt & oth income	0.52	0.34	0.57	0.59	0.45	0.50

Est. labor hours per acre	0.18	0.18	0.11	0.16	0.35	0.05