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2015 Soybean Contest Large Table

2015 Soybean Production and Most Efficient Yield (MEY) Contests for North Carolina

The large table is associated with all contest submissions each year. Each column is organized from smallest to largest input cost. Each column is sorted independently from the next. The average value in each column is highlight in red. The table is setup this way so within any given column a grower can see where their input costs sit compared to other growers in the state.

Cost per Acre Results

Cost per Acre ($/Acre)
Total Land Lime Machinery Tillage Seed Pest Weed Insect Chemicals Harvest Labor Operating Misc
Total Ownership Operating
250.90
251.12
251.23
252.46
269.96
271.18
279.33
279.54
282.06
286.37
289.02
297.96
300.37
309.56
317.38
317.83
323.63
329.24
339.32
347.61
347.61
359.35
360.62
362.46
369.09
372.42
379.21
382.98
384.50
390.07
392.94
395.55
398.17
399.01
401.54
401.83
403.20
405.42
408.38
411.06
411.77
418.94
428.94
463.93
23.90
23.90
24.00
24.23
24.30
25.50
25.50
25.50
26.18
26.25
26.70
28.50
28.50
28.50
28.50
28.50
28.50
30.00
43.33
43.33
45.00
45.00
45.00
45.45
50.10
51.00
51.00
51.00
51.00
52.50
52.50
52.50
52.50
54.38
55.88
57.00
57.00
58.50
60.00
60.00
63.00
67.50
82.50
82.50
69.51
72.44
75.57
76.35
78.60
79.32
80.33
80.42
80.55
81.23
82.21
82.89
83.87
86.21
89.07
89.54
90.21
91.59
91.77
94.43
95.63
95.69
96.63
97.45
97.87
99.11
99.91
101.60
101.60
104.48
105.30
106.87
109.47
110.07
113.21
114.71
114.81
116.65
127.55
152.72
162.13
162.48
163.49
164.96
41.58
44.65
44.73
46.51
47.68
47.93
48.25
51.90
54.21
54.27
54.56
54.79
56.25
56.61
57.43
57.73
57.80
58.53
59.17
59.42
60.45
61.28
61.28
61.89
62.12
63.09
63.21
63.68
63.84
64.09
64.70
64.87
66.47
66.95
67.34
69.05
69.40
70.47
71.10
71.23
74.40
75.33
77.31
108.55
11.32
11.32
12.15
12.15
12.15
12.15
12.15
12.94
12.94
12.94
13.50
22.37
22.37
23.50
23.50
23.50
23.50
23.50
23.50
24.30
24.30
24.30
24.30
24.75
25.15
25.63
25.63
25.65
25.65
25.91
26.11
26.31
26.38
26.73
26.85
27.02
27.10
27.37
27.37
27.38
27.38
27.55
27.68
36.06
28.40
29.43
30.77
31.95
32.50
32.58
33.11
34.23
34.23
34.30
34.36
34.54
34.67
35.66
35.67
35.78
35.81
36.36
36.36
36.93
37.46
37.57
37.59
38.44
38.91
38.91
39.05
39.10
39.57
40.57
41.06
41.27
41.72
41.85
42.19
42.20
43.10
43.72
44.21
44.49
47.30
49.70
51.68
72.49
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
2.11
2.11
2.30
2.46
2.46
2.46
2.46
2.46
2.46
4.52
4.52
5.48
5.71
5.71
5.71
6.07
6.20
6.20
7.78
7.78
9.24
10.15
10.15
10.25
10.97
10.97
11.38
12.30
12.30
14.15
34.00
35.74
36.00
36.12
40.32
40.70
41.11
41.11
41.49
41.49
42.00
43.43
43.96
44.00
44.68
44.68
44.68
44.68
45.00
45.00
45.86
47.00
48.00
48.59
50.40
52.80
53.62
54.89
55.00
55.00
55.00
55.00
55.00
55.20
56.08
56.08
56.82
77.14
110.00
110.00
110.00
110.00
110.00
110.00
6.78
18.19
34.07
36.49
37.37
37.63
37.63
40.37
40.56
41.56
44.79
50.02
50.02
51.67
53.26
57.35
57.38
57.84
58.36
58.66
64.13
69.23
72.50
72.52
74.02
74.02
74.68
75.39
76.45
76.45
81.62
81.62
81.62
81.62
81.62
85.11
86.64
89.54
102.46
105.36
123.92
161.74
237.64
256.77
6.78
7.81
7.81
15.49
18.19
18.40
22.17
27.38
28.62
29.37
29.50
30.14
32.10
33.97
34.07
35.98
35.98
35.98
37.34
37.34
37.34
37.34
37.34
37.34
37.63
37.63
37.70
37.70
37.77
37.77
40.56
42.84
42.91
44.79
48.21
50.37
53.26
53.87
55.24
57.38
58.25
58.25
63.89
88.94
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
5.23
5.44
7.33
7.85
7.85
8.00
8.69
8.75
9.40
11.42
12.24
15.69
15.69
16.65
16.65
16.65
19.06
19.77
23.81
26.45
26.45
26.79
26.79
40.59
40.59
40.59
40.59
40.59
44.08
58.72
77.44
80.16
95.21
129.69
133.12
3.52
12.57
20.98
26.90
26.90
30.42
30.76
30.99
31.70
33.12
34.94
35.57
36.46
41.53
43.57
44.88
44.94
47.82
49.12
52.27
53.79
53.79
54.36
54.36
54.36
54.36
54.36
55.08
55.08
57.85
63.41
64.85
65.72
65.72
66.76
67.90
85.88
87.59
89.54
89.75
104.60
110.11
111.85
123.42
39.73
42.10
43.26
44.33
44.44
45.49
45.56
45.63
45.77
45.92
45.95
46.24
46.60
47.00
47.25
47.32
47.32
47.57
47.61
47.72
47.93
48.19
48.19
48.48
48.48
48.55
48.94
49.05
49.41
49.84
50.63
50.67
50.78
51.17
51.24
51.24
51.39
51.42
51.82
52.32
52.68
54.16
56.14
57.36
7.07
7.19
8.83
8.83
8.83
9.44
9.57
9.66
11.57
11.87
12.20
12.35
12.43
12.52
12.88
13.05
13.15
13.15
13.75
14.11
14.11
14.32
14.62
14.71
14.71
14.93
15.33
15.33
15.33
15.33
16.46
17.86
17.86
17.86
17.86
17.86
17.86
19.21
21.83
21.83
25.84
25.84
26.18
38.84
5.99
6.05
6.40
6.42
6.45
6.46
6.59
6.72
6.89
6.99
7.01
7.16
7.21
7.26
7.40
7.40
7.44
7.47
7.92
8.06
8.20
8.38
8.46
8.46
8.50
8.81
8.82
8.82
9.01
9.27
9.38
9.63
9.79
9.90
9.91
9.97
10.14
10.31
10.39
10.49
10.49
11.16
11.75
12.80
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
11.00
11.75
11.75
11.75
11.75
11.75
12.00
14.92
14.92
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
18.91
21.00
22.00
24.00
25.00
25.00

Cost per Bushel and Profit Per Bushel, Acre, Dollar Results

Cost per Bushel ($/Bushel) Profit per
Total Land Lime Machinery Tillage Seed Pest Weed Insect Chemicals Harvest Labor Operating Misc Yield %NRCS Diff Bushel Acre Dollar
Total Owner-
ship
Operating
3.73
3.74
3.75
3.78
3.96
4.00
4.07
4.08
4.08
4.21
4.23
4.37
4.44
4.48
4.53
4.67
4.73
4.77
4.80
4.83
4.84
4.86
4.88
5.06
5.15
5.15
5.22
5.25
5.29
5.37
5.56
5.59
5.64
5.65
6.07
6.18
6.23
6.48
6.58
6.62
6.64
6.89
7.66
8.68
.32
.34
.34
.35
.37
.38
.39
.39
.39
.40
.44
.47
.47
.49
.50
.53
.56
.56
.58
.61
.62
.63
.63
.63
.64
.66
.67
.69
.69
.70
.73
.73
.74
.74
.79
.82
.86
.86
.89
.92
.95
1.04
1.07
1.10
1.16
1.17
1.19
1.20
1.20
1.21
1.21
1.21
1.21
1.22
1.22
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.24
1.25
1.25
1.27
1.27
1.28
1.29
1.30
1.31
1.31
1.31
1.33
1.36
1.37
1.37
1.43
1.50
1.50
1.61
1.81
1.89
1.90
1.90
1.97
2.16
2.34
2.40
2.41
2.45
2.48
.63
.64
.69
.73
.73
.73
.76
.77
.80
.81
.82
.82
.82
.83
.84
.85
.86
.87
.88
.89
.90
.90
.90
.90
.90
.91
.92
.92
.92
.95
.95
.96
.97
.97
.98
.99
1.01
1.02
1.04
1.05
1.06
1.07
1.17
1.45
.15
.15
.18
.18
.19
.19
.19
.20
.20
.20
.22
.29
.29
.30
.31
.32
.33
.33
.34
.34
.35
.35
.35
.35
.36
.36
.36
.38
.38
.39
.39
.39
.40
.40
.40
.41
.42
.42
.43
.45
.46
.46
.48
.53
.48
.48
.49
.49
.51
.51
.52
.52
.52
.53
.53
.53
.53
.53
.54
.55
.55
.55
.55
.56
.56
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
.57
.58
.58
.58
.59
.59
.59
.60
.60
.60
.62
.62
.63
.64
.64
.97
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.03
.03
.03
.04
.04
.04
.04
.05
.06
.06
.06
.07
.07
.08
.08
.08
.09
.09
.10
.12
.12
.12
.13
.14
.14
.14
.17
.18
.19
.21
.40
.40
.47
.49
.50
.54
.55
.56
.56
.59
.61
.63
.63
.64
.64
.65
.66
.66
.67
.67
.67
.69
.69
.70
.72
.72
.72
.72
.81
.84
.87
.87
.88
.89
.90
.93
.93
1.10
1.71
1.81
1.82
1.92
2.16
2.48
.09
.24
.45
.55
.58
.60
.61
.61
.61
.63
.64
.65
.66
.67
.69
.73
.82
.88
.90
.92
.95
.96
.98
1.00
1.02
1.08
1.10
1.10
1.13
1.14
1.17
1.17
1.25
1.27
1.35
1.40
1.42
1.60
1.62
1.79
1.84
2.39
3.40
3.88
.09
.09
.09
.20
.24
.24
.33
.37
.37
.40
.41
.44
.47
.49
.49
.51
.51
.53
.54
.55
.57
.57
.58
.58
.60
.61
.61
.62
.62
.64
.65
.65
.68
.71
.73
.76
.76
.81
.83
.84
.89
.95
.98
1.56
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.07
.07
.09
.10
.11
.12
.12
.14
.15
.16
.19
.20
.21
.22
.24
.25
.25
.26
.36
.39
.39
.40
.41
.63
.65
.67
.71
.73
.80
.92
.92
1.05
1.40
1.86
2.01
.05
.17
.34
.38
.44
.44
.46
.47
.48
.49
.50
.50
.51
.62
.66
.66
.68
.69
.70
.70
.72
.72
.81
.81
.83
.84
.84
.86
.90
.95
.95
.95
.96
1.01
1.07
1.17
1.23
1.24
1.31
1.32
1.37
1.46
1.66
1.77
.61
.62
.64
.66
.66
.67
.67
.67
.67
.67
.67
.68
.68
.68
.69
.69
.70
.70
.71
.71
.71
.71
.71
.71
.72
.72
.72
.72
.72
.72
.73
.74
.74
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.77
.78
.80
.83
.90
.10
.10
.12
.13
.13
.14
.14
.15
.16
.17
.17
.17
.18
.18
.18
.18
.18
.19
.20
.20
.21
.21
.21
.22
.22
.22
.22
.23
.23
.24
.25
.26
.28
.29
.29
.30
.31
.31
.32
.33
.33
.35
.40
.56
.08
.09
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.11
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.12
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.15
.16
.16
.17
.17
.18
.18
.18
.20
.23
.10
.11
.12
.12
.15
.16
.16
.17
.17
.18
.19
.19
.19
.19
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.20
.21
.22
.22
.22
.23
.23
.23
.23
.23
.24
.25
.25
.25
.25
.26
.26
.26
.27
.29
.30
.33
.34
.36
.37
93.30
89.90
84.40
80.30
79.30
77.90
76.80
76.70
76.30
76.30
76.10
75.00
74.70
74.60
72.40
71.20
70.20
69.90
68.80
68.60
68.60
67.80
67.80
67.10
66.50
66.20
66.10
65.40
65.40
65.20
64.50
63.40
62.40
61.60
61.50
61.10
60.70
60.50
60.30
57.40
57.10
54.10
50.90
44.30
222.41
209.31
208.62
200.75
199.78
197.93
194.38
190.33
187.56
179.65
177.86
175.52
174.32
173.41
169.93
169.55
169.11
168.43
164.86
163.50
162.13
162.13
161.84
159.55
158.53
156.50
154.09
152.76
152.75
148.68
147.16
146.92
146.89
144.09
141.82
138.54
137.99
134.20
130.80
129.45
120.22
118.15
115.96
115.38
45.30
44.90
40.30
39.40
35.50
32.70
32.70
32.30
32.10
31.70
31.65
31.50
31.40
31.10
30.60
30.30
28.40
27.50
27.10
26.20
25.40
25.40
25.34
25.34
23.90
23.80
22.20
21.90
21.10
21.10
19.74
19.64
19.40
18.50
18.40
17.95
17.10
16.20
15.40
15.30
11.80
10.00
9.10
8.30
2.27
2.26
2.25
2.22
2.04
2.00
1.93
1.92
1.92
1.79
1.77
1.63
1.56
1.52
1.47
1.33
1.27
1.23
1.20
1.17
1.16
1.14
1.12
.94
.85
.85
.78
.75
.71
.63
.44
.41
.36
.35
-.07
-.18
-.23
-.48
-.58
-.62
-.64
-.89
-1.66
-2.68
171.43
168.27
166.86
166.14
164.44
147.04
140.39
138.16
135.62
129.28
118.37
118.10
116.45
112.43
98.82
98.02
94.86
85.38
81.88
79.22
77.58
74.57
72.14
66.58
64.01
64.01
57.60
54.78
44.64
38.17
31.06
28.74
23.39
23.31
-4.97
-12.06
-14.54
-31.74
-35.17
-37.63
-44.53
-51.15
-84.67
-118.70
.61
.60
.60
.59
.51
.50
.48
.47
.47
.42
.42
.37
.35
.34
.32
.29
.27
.26
.25
.24
.24
.23
.23
.21
.21
.18
.15
.14
.14
.12
.08
.07
.06
.06
-.01
-.03
-.04
-.07
-.09
-.09
-.10
-.13
-.22
-.31