TABLE 2. Equipment summary for a 640 acre dryland farm with above average management, Union County, 2000.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EQUIPMENT VARIABLE COSTS FIXED COSTS
--------------------------- ANNUAL --------------------------------------- ---------------------------
HOURS TOTAL FUEL AND FUEL,LUBE REPAIR DEPRE- TOTAL
ITEM & SIZE OF USE NUMBER VALUE LUBRICANT REPAIR PER HR PER HR CIATION TAXES PER HOUR
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRACTOR 145 HP 317 1 $26,620 $4,010 $1,048.83 $12.64 $3.31 $2,689 $141 $8.92
CULTIVATOR 6 ROW 102 1 $2,500 $144.87 $0.00 $1.43 $333 $18 $3.45
PLANTER 6 ROW 66 1 $4,250 $604.54 $0.00 $9.10 $850 $30 $13.24
SWEEPS 20 FT 108 1 $4,350 $267.29 $0.00 $2.48 $580 $31 $5.66
DRILL 13 FT 41 1 $2,150 $152.43 $0.00 $3.70 $430 $15 $10.80
________ ________ _________ ________ _______
$39,870 $4,010 $2,218 $4,882 $234
===========================================================================================================================