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Economics of Transferring Crop Land to Grazing

Economics of Transferring Crop Land to Grazing. Ed Ballard Animal Systems Educator Effingham Center. Beef Stockers. Dairy. Which System Is More Profitable ?. Soybeans. Beef Cow Calf. Sheep. Goats. Trends in Selected Factors Central Illinois FBFM Associations.

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Economics of Transferring Crop Land to Grazing

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  1. Economics of Transferring Crop Land to Grazing Ed Ballard Animal Systems Educator Effingham Center

  2. Beef Stockers Dairy Which System Is More Profitable? Soybeans Beef Cow Calf Sheep Goats

  3. Trends in Selected FactorsCentral Illinois FBFM Associations

  4. Trends in Selected FactorsCentral Illinois FBFM Associations

  5. Soybean Yield History For Shelby County Year Yield Year Yield 1960 24.0 1992 44.5 1965 30.0 1993 44.0 1970 30.0 1994 44.5 1975 35.0 1995 36.0 1980 33.5 1996 32.5 1990 37.0 1997 38.0 1991 37.5 1999 37.0

  6. Actual Soybean CostsCentral Illinois Land Costs 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Variable Costs $95 $98 $103 $100 $96 Other non-land $102 $106 $121 $115 $114 Total Land Costs $139 $149 $150 $150 $151 Total cost/acre $336 $353 $374 $365 $361 Yield/acre 36 32.5 38 41 37 Price Received $5.76 $7.28 $7.65 $6.50 $5.45 All costs/bu $7.72 $7.68 $6.95$7.38 $7.60

  7. Estimated Costs of Soybean Production 2000 Yield Variable Total Costs Level Costs (Per Bushel) 40 $2.50 ($100/a) $6.70 45 $2.26 ($102/a) $6.66 50 $2.09 ($105/a) $6.65

  8. Estimated Soybean CostsIllinois 2000 Variable Costs 40bu 45bu 50bu Fertility $21 $22 $24 Herbicides 34 34 34 Seed 18 18 18 Drying & Storage 6 7 8 Machinery, rep, fuel 13 13 13 Crop Ins & Int 8 8 8 Variable Costs $100 $102 $105

  9. Fixed Costs for Soybeans, 2000 Fixed Costs 40 Bu 45 Bu 50 Bu Labor (2hr/$10) $20 $20 $20 Bldg rep. & Dep 8 8 8 Machinery Dep 17 17 17 Interest on Invest 23 23 23 Overhead (Ins.,util.) 15 15 15 Land (cash rented) 80 110 140 Total Fixed Costs $163 $193 $223

  10. Illinois – Cost to Grow Corn – 1972 to Date

  11. Illinois – Cost to Grow Corn – 1972 to Date

  12. Illinois – Cost to Grow Soybeans – 1972 to Date

  13. Illinois – Cost to Grow Soybeans – 1972 to Date

  14. Estimated DM Yield for Several Pasture Types and Stand Conditions

  15. Dairying for Profit – Income200 Acres

  16. Dairying for Profit – Expenses * 1.75 full time employees

  17. Farm IncomeSchedule F, Form 1040

  18. Farm ExpensesSchedule F, Form 1040

  19. Farm IncomeSchedule F, Form 1040

  20. Farm ExpensesSchedule F, Form 1040

  21. Water available within 400 to 500 feet

  22. Terry & Elmer Becherer 150 Ewes 15 Acre

  23. Perennial Ryegrass

  24. Stockpiled Orchardgrass & Brome Grass 11/30/00 Protein 14.64 RFV 105

  25. Joanna Gioja - Champaign County, Illinois

  26. Joanna Gioja net $454 per acre from 6 acres

  27. Cliff Schuette Beef Producer Breese, IL

  28. Utilizing SPA Data

  29. Utilizing SPA Data

  30. Brown Midrib Sorghum-Sudangrass

  31. Aerial Seeding Turnips, Oats and Rye 8-20-2001

  32. Cliff Schuette Turnips and Cereal Rye Airseed 8/25/2000 Barkant Turnips-3 lbs Rye 2 Bu Airplane $8/Acre Corn 183 Bu/acre Atrazine 1 lb Partner April 28

  33. Seeded August 20 Growth Sept. 7, 2001

  34. Turnip, 3 lbs, Oats 1 Bu, and Rye 1 1/2 Bu Aerial Seeded August 29, 2001 Picture Sept 7, 2001

  35. Growth on Sept. 20, 2001

  36. Corn losses in corn fields for grazing animals

  37. 11/30/00 Protein 16.59 RFV 114 01/19/2001 Protein 12.79 RFV 92

  38. Max Q Tall Fescue seeded Fall, 2000

  39. John Hebert Stocker Grazing Alfalfa-Orchardgrass

  40. John & Noel Hebert - Alfalfa-Orchardgrass Grazing Program 1998

  41. John Hebert Alfalfa-Orchardgrass Grazing Program - 1999

  42. John Hebert Alfalfa-Orchardgrass Grazing Program - 1999

  43. John HebertAlfalfa Orchard-grass Grazing Program 2000

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