Section: FEEDSTOCKS

Cotton Production Costs and Returns per Planted Acre by Region, Excluding Government Payments, 2009-2010 a
(dollars per planted acre)

Item
Gross value of production
Primary product: Cotton
Secondary product: Cottonseed
Total, gross value of production
Operating costs:
Seed
Fertilizer b
Chemicals
Custom operations
Fuel, lube, and electricity
Repairs
Ginning
Purchased irrigation water
Interest on operating capital
Total, operating costs
Allocated overhead:
Hired labor
Opportunity cost of unpaid labor
Capital recovery of machinery and equipment
Opportunity cost of land (rental rate)
Taxes and insurance
General farm overhead
Total, allocated overhead
Total costs listed
Value of production less total costs listed
Value of production less operating costs
Supporting information:
Cotton Yield (pounds per planted acre)
Price (dollars per pound)
Cottonseed Yield (pounds per planted acre)
Price (dollars per pound)
Enterprise size (planted acres)a
Production practices:a
Irrigated (percent)
Dryland (percent)

United States
2009
2010
365.58
80.20
445.78

620.65
99.15
719.80

73.52
92.29
67.97
22.11
40.15
33.74
101.64
2.86
0.63
434.91
14.26
26.11
128.49
67.18
7.43
15.62
259.09
694.00
-248.22
10.87

81.38
73.54
68.35
22.86
50.81
34.42
127.64
3.03
0.46
462.49

Heartland
Prarie Gateway
2009
2010
2009
2010
478.44
114.64
593.08
121.43
116.96
90.29
14.18
40.72
43.35
135.53
0.00
0.82
563.28

14.50
17.54
26.10
27.44
132.32 176.89
70.79 101.85
7.60
6.82
16.16
13.80
267.47 344.34
729.96 907.62
-10.16 -314.54
257.31
29.80

795.75
154.44
950.19
132.85
89.98
88.65
14.36
51.85
44.18
164.34
0.00
0.59
586.80

268.80
62.16
330.96
56.91
53.70
42.68
13.97
41.47
31.58
79.38
0.00
0.46
320.15

17.73
11.94
27.73
29.20
181.67 117.18
104.87
40.50
6.92
6.30
14.07
12.12
352.99 217.24
939.79 537.39
10.40 -206.43
363.39
10.81

Southern
Seaboard
2009
2010

550.63 495.60 603.20

90.16 80.16 85.40
640.79 575.76 688.60
62.27 82.56 90.32
41.32 145.23 111.73
41.90 91.42 89.76
14.15 22.97 23.26
53.49 34.17 41.83
32.18 33.94 34.59
116.72 113.81 105.19
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.36
0.76
0.50
362.39 524.86 497.18
12.07
29.51
120.35
41.71
6.40
12.35
222.39
584.78
56.01
278.40

13.46
20.70
129.34
82.48
7.78
18.24
272.00
796.86
-221.10
50.90

Fruitful Rim
2009
2010
604.35
123.80
728.15
76.16
121.56
98.98
62.71
75.05
36.57
188.63
36.58
1.01
697.25

Mississippi
Portal
2009
2010

1058.81 410.85 715.92

166.76 96.64 121.92
1225.57 507.49 837.84
83.32
93.52
97.17
63.50
95.31
37.27
225.62
37.04
0.73
733.48

103.56
124.15
105.66
29.18
30.66
39.57
119.63
0.00
0.80
553.21

113.30
95.51
103.74
29.54
39.25
40.32
152.76
0.00
0.57
574.99

13.60
27.43
27.72 16.63 16.81
20.92
32.81
33.17 20.41 20.63
132.84 149.18
153.21 149.51 153.55
84.93 115.32
118.74 103.80 106.88
7.90
10.20
10.35
9.50
9.64
18.59
27.04
27.55 19.20 19.57
278.78 361.98
370.74 319.05 327.08
775.96 1,059.23 1,104.22 872.26 902.07
-87.36 -331.08
121.35 -364.77 -64.23
191.42
30.90
492.09 -45.72 262.85

620
0.59
1,003
0.08
687

766
0.81
1,239
0.08
687

886
0.54
1,433
0.08
861

1061
0.75
1,716
0.09
861

480
0.56
777
0.08
770

697
0.79
1,127
0.08
770

826
0.6
1,336
0.06
453

754
0.8
1,220
0.07
453

765
0.79
1,238
0.10
507

937
1.13
1,516
0.11
507

747
0.55
1,208
0.08
954

942
0.76
1,524
0.08
954

43
57

43
57

61
39

61
39

46
54

46
54

28
72

28
72

57
43

57
43

45
55

45
55

Source:
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/costsandreturns/testpick.htm
a

Developed from survey base year, 2007.

Commercial fertilizer, soil conditioners, and manure.

Biomass Energy Data Book -- 2011 -- http://cta.ornl.gov/bedb