University of Wyoming
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Farm Management Online Software

Dryland Grass Pasture

Data for an example production system*/ have been entered into the table as a starting place for calculating information for your situation.

To calculate your own results input or change the information and press the CALCULATE 
button to find the most economical level of fertilizer:
  First
Increment		 Second
Increment		 Third
Increment		 Fourth
Increment		 Fifth
Increment		 Sixth
Increment		 Seventh
Increment
Fertilizer Applied 
per Acre
0
Yield
per Acre

Fertilizer Cost

$

per Pound
      (If you don't know the cost per pound, click here
      to use the Fertilizer Formulation Analysis software.)
Crop Harvest Cost

$

per

Crop Units
per Acre
Crop Sale
Price		 $

per Unit  (where 780#/A=1 AUM)
*/  Production data for this table was taken from Montana State University Cooperative Extension Service newsletter ..big sky economics.... article entitled "Fertilizer of Dryland Grass is Profitable if. . .", by F.Linse, S. Stauber and O. Burt, 1971, assuming ammonium nitrate fertilization (34-0-0). 

Fertilizer and crop prices may be obtained from Wyoming Agricultural Statistics Service data, USDA Agricultural Prices publications or University of Wyoming Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics Crop Enterprise Budgets. Crop harvest cost information may be found in the University of Wyoming Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics Custom Rate Bulletins.

Latest update: July 2004

 

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