Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Item
Unit
Price ($)
Quantity
Amount ($)
Sore mouth
dose
0.14
3.5
0.49
Deworm
ml
0.07
145.84
11.00
Others
dose
7.00
0.01
0.07
Rabies (horse)
dose
15.00
0.01
0.15
WNV
dose
30.00
0.01
0.30
Health management
Lice control
ml
0.08
21.87
1.91
Horse shoeing
hd
65.00
0.04
2.60
Purchased feed
Corn
lb
0.13
180.00
23.40
Cottonseed
lb
0.12
315.00
39.38
Hay
ton
165.00
0.0066
1.10
Oats (horse)
bu
3.00
0.12
0.36
Pasture (horse)
ac
2.50
0.57
1.43
Minerals
lb
0.27
56.70
15.54
Salt
lb
0.11
56.70
6.41
Marketing per head export
Sales commission
head
3.30
3.5
11.55
Goat yardage
head
0.65
3.5
2.28
Cowboy day labor
Special labor
day
150.00
0.06
9.00
Electricity
Ranch overhead
kwh
0.15
23.074
3.46
Gasoline
Ranch overhead
gallon
1.90
21.04
39.98
Repair and maintenance
Ranch overhead
AU
10.71
1.00
10.71
Ranch horse and track
AU
0.94
1.00
0.94
Interest on capital
AU
15.84
1.00
15.84
Total Direct Expenses
287.33
Returns above Direct Expenses
178.99
Fixed Expenses
Working dogs
each
143.92
0.07
3.36
Angora buck
each
84.94
0.20
16.98
Ranch overhead
AU
123.91
1.00
123.91
Ranch horse and track
AU
4.86
1.00
4.86
Total Fixed Expenses
149.11
Total Specifi ed Expenses
436.44
Return Above Specifi ed
Expenses
29.80
1
This sample budget is based on seven head of goats or one animal unit; pasture is owned; PRF = pasture,
rangeland, forage; WNV = West Nile Virus; 1 dog is used for every 100 goats and depreciated over 5 years; 1 buck is
used for every 30 does with 100% culling rate.
2
Cost of production is based on 2007 input prices. This budget is patterned after Texas A&M University
Cooperative Extension with some modifi cations. http://agecoext.tamu.edu/fi leadmin/user_upload/Documents/Budgets/
District/7/ .
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