Switchgrass
 
 
 
Switchgrass Rotational Analysis
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3-5 Year 6 &9 Year 7& 10 Year 8
Switchgrass
Corn
IP Soybeans
Spring Wheat
Expenses
$/acre
$/acre
Switchgrass seed @ 8-10lb/ac.
90.00
Planting
18.00
Herbicide
12.00
Application
9.50
Fertilizer 46-0-0
22.00
30.00
Application
8.50
8.50
Mowing
18.00
18.00
Bailing
65.00
130.00
Total Expenses
129.50
113.50
186.50
370.00
200.00
200.00
(based on OMAFRA Field Crop Budgets)
Returns
Price ($/MT)
100.00
100.00
180.00
500.00
180.00
Yield (MT/ac)
3.25
5.50
4.00
1.20
1.20
Total Gross Returns
325.00
550.00
720.00
600.00
216.00
Total Net Revenue
-129.50
211.50
393.50
350.00
400.00
16.00

 

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