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Cost and Returns Budget for Straight Seeded Certified Timothy | |
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This budget estimates the direct income and expenses over a five-year life span of a timothy stand on one acre. These numbers are only intended to assist producers in evaluating the basic financial requirements over this period. The budget margin must provide funds for interest, overhead and other indirect expenses as well as a return for living, loan repayment and investment. A total farm financial analysis should be completed to determine the impact of this enterprise on the total farm business.
Assumptions
The following assumptions for field operations were assumed in deriving these costs:
| Year 1 - Establishment |
| Prev. fall | 1 | Pre-harvest glyphosate for perennial weed control. |
| May | 2 | Cultivation |
 | 3 | Seed timothy |
| June | | Spray Buctil M |
| 5 | Mow |
| Aug/Sept | 6 | Mow |
| 7 | Broadcast fertilizer |
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| Year 2 - Production |
| May | 1 | Spray MCPA/Lontrel |
| July | 2 | Swath |
| August | 3 | Combine/truck/augers |
| 4 | Bale (zero net cost) |
| October | 6 | Broadcast fertilizer |
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| Year 3 - Production |
| May | 1 | Spray MCPA/Lontrel |
| July | 2 | Swath |
| August | 3 | Combine/truck/augers |
| 4 | Bale (zero net cost) |
| October | 6 | Broadcast fertilizer |
| Years 4 and 5 - Production (same as Year 3) |
| Year 5 - add breaking cost |
| 1 Assumption that returns for bailing aftermath will cover costs. |
Price and Production Sensitivity
The following table shows the impact on budget margin in the established stand (Year 3) resulting from a change in projected market returns and yields (Table 1).
Table 1. Price and yield sensitivity
Marketing Alternatives
Common or certified Climax timothy seed is generally sold to local elevators or seed companies. Some seed companies have production contracts for proprietary varieties. The prices on these contracts are generally based on the price of Climax.
The price of common timothy will fluctuate greatly. Certified seed usually commands a large premium over common seed. Growing certified seed has additional cost for field inspection.
The graph below shows historical yearly average prices over the last 5 years for certified Climax and the 10 year average price for common timothy (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Common Timothy and certified Climax - average yearly prices 1990 to 1999
Table 2. Per acre costs and returns for straight seeded certified Timothy
This information is provided as a guideline only. Projected yields indicate above average production. An individual crop plan should be developed by each producer.
Prepared by:
Calvin Yoder - Forage Specialist, Spirit River
George Monner - Farm Management Specialist, Fairview
Source: Agdex 127/821-1. January 2001. |
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For more information about the content of this document, contact Calvin Yoder.
This document is maintained by Jennifer Rutter.
This information published to the web on January 1, 2001.
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