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2018 Soybean Contest Large Table

2018 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 set up 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 ($/Acre

Cost per Acre ($/Acre)
Total Land Lime Machinery Tillage Seed Pest Weed Insect Chemicals Harvest Labor Operating Misc
Total Ownership Operating
223.22
289.35
298.70
346.53
349.75
373.36
382.94
388.31
394.67
399.25
402.40
410.49
423.84
444.56
459.10
479.91
484.56
484.61
487.14
491.14
500.75
509.54
514.93
520.52
536.46
26.25
28.50
30.00
43.50
45.00
48.00
48.00
48.00
48.00
48.60
51.00
51.00
51.00
51.69
52.50
52.50
52.50
57.00
60.00
60.75
60.75
63.00
64.65
75.00
75.00
66.72
89.76
100.80
103.58
112.67
117.62
117.90
118.18
120.07
122.69
130.78
133.40
139.40
142.94
152.73
161.13
161.70
163.13
167.63
168.32
170.31
170.48
175.22
188.74
189.02
36.99
44.75
50.57
53.50
53.79
56.61
60.10
60.92
61.18
63.36
64.56
65.38
67.99
68.10
69.52
69.56
69.74
70.10
71.06
71.10
71.75
75.10
75.70
77.21
85.34
12.15
12.15
13.47
24.30
24.30
24.30
24.30
24.30
24.47
24.59
24.59
25.33
26.31
26.41
26.41
26.41
26.41
26.41
26.85
26.85
27.56
28.11
28.27
28.74
28.77
23.52
29.20
29.20
32.31
32.60
34.87
35.80
36.62
38.03
38.42
38.97
40.09
41.14
41.25
42.00
43.11
43.33
43.69
45.34
46.33
46.47
46.80
47.43
49.10
56.60
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
3.77
4.74
5.48
5.48
5.48
5.48
5.48
7.36
10.77
12.12
12.16
12.16
13.56
14.51
25.80
36.00
38.70
39.60
40.00
41.60
43.05
45.00
46.80
47.70
54.00
54.46
56.75
59.40
59.40
59.40
61.44
62.10
62.10
66.47
67.16
70.00
72.00
72.25
80.36
32.99
36.93
41.62
55.95
56.00
57.02
69.45
72.94
73.27
82.76
94.40
96.23
96.73
96.73
97.55
105.79
106.36
106.65
111.38
111.38
111.38
111.38
158.55
158.82
217.88
13.76
18.85
23.45
23.45
23.45
23.45
23.45
24.45
24.45
27.73
32.14
32.17
32.99
38.29
41.80
43.74
50.24
55.16
65.94
66.12
66.95
71.34
72.10
73.27
76.33
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
4.44
5.12
5.12
5.77
9.34
14.21
14.96
16.53
17.42
18.34
18.50
18.50
18.50
18.50
18.50
20.75
23.44
30.58
63.14
93.79
19.90
33.38
36.00
45.64
46.10
46.81
49.29
62.73
67.00
74.23
81.47
81.47
81.59
85.67
89.84
97.26
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
103.47
104.08
137.54
138.67
157.72
36.63
41.02
42.75
46.13
46.42
46.60
47.00
48.44
48.62
49.09
49.19
49.55
50.24
50.35
50.40
53.44
53.51
54.02
54.48
54.70
55.06
56.72
56.72
57.61
61.39
8.01
8.83
8.83
9.75
9.75
9.75
9.75
9.75
10.19
10.19
10.59
12.35
12.35
12.35
12.55
12.70
13.22
13.69
14.11
14.47
14.47
15.94
17.69
21.28
21.28
5.39
6.50
7.74
8.19
8.36
9.00
9.12
9.22
9.48
9.77
9.99
10.43
10.69
11.05
11.24
11.75
12.12
12.21
12.22
12.23
12.39
12.41
12.42
12.95
13.88
9.50
9.71
12.50
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
19.59
23.00
23.88
23.88
23.88
23.88
23.88
24.00
25.00
25.00
27.00
28.00
30.00

Cost per Bushel and Profit Per Bushel, Acre, Dollar Results ($/Bushel)

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
4.75
4.83
5.13
5.21
5.24
5.37
5.40
5.47
5.49
5.54
5.56
5.58
5.58
5.67
5.68
5.72
5.80
5.80
5.83
6.04
6.25
7.12
7.22
7.30
7.32
.36
.43
.45
.58
.58
.59
.60
.66
.66
.67
.69
.69
.70
.70
.71
.72
.76
.76
.83
.84
.88
.91
1.06
1.07
1.10
1.55
1.58
1.61
1.62
1.64
1.65
1.68
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.71
1.78
1.86
1.87
1.90
1.91
1.95
1.96
1.97
1.98
2.07
2.10
2.64
2.68
2.68
.69
.71
.76
.78
.81
.81
.82
.82
.84
.85
.87
.88
.89
.89
.89
.91
.91
.92
.96
.97
.97
1.02
1.04
1.08
1.12
.17
.19
.26
.28
.29
.29
.30
.31
.31
.31
.34
.34
.35
.35
.35
.35
.36
.38
.38
.38
.39
.41
.43
.47
.51
.50
.50
.50
.50
.51
.52
.52
.52
.52
.53
.53
.53
.54
.54
.55
.55
.55
.55
.56
.58
.58
.59
.61
.65
.66
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.05
.06
.06
.06
.06
.07
.07
.13
.13
.16
.17
.17
.21
.22
.48
.49
.50
.51
.52
.52
.56
.56
.58
.65
.68
.69
.73
.76
.82
.83
.84
.94
.97
1.01
1.03
1.07
1.09
1.12
1.13
.53
.59
.68
.77
.87
1.10
1.16
1.17
1.17
1.22
1.26
1.28
1.29
1.30
1.31
1.37
1.38
1.39
1.40
1.41
1.44
1.52
1.52
1.69
2.59
.26
.27
.27
.27
.30
.32
.35
.35
.35
.38
.39
.46
.47
.48
.53
.59
.69
.76
.80
.80
.86
.92
1.11
1.39
1.51
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.05
.06
.07
.07
.13
.15
.20
.21
.21
.22
.22
.22
.25
.25
.26
.27
.29
.37
.92
1.12
.32
.53
.56
.62
.76
.89
.99
1.01
1.04
1.08
1.09
1.14
1.15
1.15
1.16
1.16
1.17
1.25
1.26
1.30
1.32
1.40
1.46
1.51
1.65
.59
.61
.62
.62
.63
.64
.64
.64
.65
.65
.68
.68
.69
.70
.70
.70
.70
.71
.73
.74
.74
.74
.81
.86
1.03
.11
.11
.11
.11
.13
.14
.14
.15
.15
.15
.16
.16
.17
.17
.17
.18
.18
.19
.20
.21
.22
.25
.25
.26
.26
.11
.12
.12
.13
.13
.13
.13
.13
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.14
.15
.15
.15
.17
.17
.17
.18
.13
.14
.16
.18
.20
.21
.21
.21
.22
.26
.27
.27
.27
.27
.27
.28
.28
.28
.29
.32
.34
.39
.40
.44
.50
104.50
94.00
91.50
91.50
86.90
85.90
85.30
84.00
82.60
82.40
73.96
73.80
73.50
71.60
70.60
70.30
69.00
68.50
64.50
63.40
62.90
62.10
52.70
47.90
35.70
261.25
198.11
197.50
196.19
193.86
183.00
181.19
177.02
170.48
170.10
167.73
163.33
163.10
159.95
159.23
158.85
153.33
140.89
134.38
131.04
125.48
117.67
117.17
106.44
71.40
64.50
42.90
41.60
41.50
41.30
41.00
40.90
40.40
35.40
30.60
29.80
29.60
28.50
27.15
26.50
24.00
23.10
18.40
16.50
14.90
10.70
10.60
10.30
2.90
-14.30
1.25
1.17
.87
.79
.76
.63
.60
.53
.51
.46
.44
.42
.42
.33
.32
.28
.20
.20
.17
-.04
-.25
-1.12
-1.22
-1.30
-1.32
96.35
90.54
78.70
69.09
56.24
49.84
48.25
46.33
43.48
36.79
32.31
27.24
26.85
26.07
24.26
22.69
19.93
16.86
11.60
-2.54
-9.02
-62.35
-72.10
-85.94
-93.13
.26
.24
.17
.15
.14
.12
.11
.10
.09
.08
.08
.08
.08
.06
.06
.05
.05
.03
.03
-.01
-.04
-.16
-.17
-.18
-.18