Hard Red Spring Wheat & Canola Rotation

• SEED COSTS/YEAR:

  • Wheat: $34.00/acre

  • Canola: $82.50/acre

  • Average: $58.25/acre per year

• SEED COSTS/10 YEARS: $582.50/acre over 10 years

Hard Red Spring Wheat & Canola Rotation

• CHEMICAL COSTS/YEAR

  • Wheat: $55.25/acre

  • Canola: $58.50/acre

  • Average: $56.87/acre per year

• CHEMICAL COSTS/10 YEARS: $568.70/acre over 10 years

10-year Salinity Cover w/ barley in establishment year

SEED COSTS/YEAR:

• Barley: $15.00/acre (sown at 1/2 of full rate)

• Salinity Cover: $82.50 ($5.50/Ib x 15 Ibs/acre = $82.50/acre)

• Average: $9.75/acre per year

  • Calculation: Barley ($15.00/acre / 10 years) + Salinity Cover ($82.50/10 years)

• SEED COSTS/10 YEARS: $97.50/acre over 10 years

10-year Salinity Cover w/ barley in establishment year

• CHEMICAL COSTS IN INITIAL YEAR

  • Post-harvest burnoff: $15.00/acre

  • Pre-seed Burnoff: $15.00/acre

• CHEMICAL COSTS/10 YEARS: $3.00/acre over 10 years

Hard Red Spring Wheat & Canola Rotation

• FERTILIZER COSTS/YEAR

  • Wheat: $113.07/acre

  • Canola: $128.36/acre

  • Average: $120.72/acre per year

• FERTILIZER COSTS/10 YEARS: $1207.20/acre over 10 years

10-year Salinity Cover w/ barley in the establishment year

• FERTILIZER COSTS/YEAR

  • Barley: $0.00/acre

  • Salinity Cover: $0.00/acre

  • Average: $0.00/acre

• FERTILIZER COSTS/10 YEARS: $0.00/acre over 10 years