[Syrupmakers] Cost of Growing Sorghum

[Ken Reit]

Well, some of what I see is not what I call real cost..General overhead,
management, interest,  10 gal of fuel?? If I figure all that kind of stuff
in, my vegetables and fig preserves get real expensive also.

 

 

Ken

From: syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net
[mailto:syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net] On Behalf Of Ken Christison
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:51 AM
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Subject: RE: [Syrupmakers] Cost of Growing Sorghum

 

Interesting to see the difference in about 10 years.  This is apparently
from

the UGA site.  Quite a difference in fuel and fertilizer costs;-)  Of
course, we

never count our own labor in figuring the cost.  If we think about it too
long, it

gets pretty depressing.

 

Take care.

 

Ken

 

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Richard Harrison <mailto:rharrison922 at yahoo.com>  

To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net

Sent: 7/1/2008 9:37:21 AM 

Subject: [Syrupmakers] Cost of Growing Sorghum

 


Hi, everyone

    Here is someone's calculations of what it costs to grow and harvest
sorghum for syrupmaking. I thought that it was so interesting that I decide
to plagerize it and share it with you all. Hope I don't make anyone mad! I
don't think it even includes the actual syrupmaking process of grinding and
cooking and bottling. Now you can use this form to add to or subtract from
to come up with your own "custom" estimate.

 

  TABLE 1. Estimated Per Acre Costs of Growing Sweet Sorghum 
      for Syrup; Strip and Hand Cut
     
      Cost Item Unit Price per Unit Total Cost 
      1. VARIABLE COSTS (excl. Labor)    
      

      Lime 1/3 Ton $22.00 $7.33 
      Seed 2 lbs. 7.50 15.00 
      Fertilizer (5-10-15) 4 cwt. 9.00 36.00 
      Herbicide (pre-emerge) 1 qt. 3.00 3.00 
      Herbicide (post-emerge) 1 pt. 2.00 2.00 
      Fuel 10.2 gal. .80 8.16 
      Machinery Maintenance 1 Acre 27.49 27.49 
      Interest on Variable Costs $98.98 .09 4.45 
      Sub - Total    $103.43 
      

      2. LABOR    
      

      Pre Harvest 4.3 hrs. 6.50 $27.95 
      Harvest 80 hrs. 6.50 520.00 
      Total Labor   $547.95 
      

      3. TOTAL VARIABLE COSTS    
      

      Excluding Labor   $103.43 
      Including Labor   $651.38 
      

      4. FIXED COSTS    
      

      Land 1 Acre 35.00 $35.00 
      Machinery 1 Acre 44.49 44.49 
      General Overhead $103.43 .05 5.17 
      Management $103.43 .05 5.17 
      Total Fixed Costs   $89.83 
      

      5. TOTAL PRODUCTION COSTS   $741.21 

 

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