Enterprise Profitability
Return to Operators Labor, Management, and Equity
Southwestern Minnesota Farm Business Management Association
By: Garen Paulson for the SWMNFBMA (3/15/06)
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The net return per enterprise is listed below. It is the return an average farm operator received for his/her labor management and equity per enterprise. For example: in 2001, the average farm operator had a net return of $-2.26 per acre on soybeans and a net return of $786 per dairy cow. Any net return generated from an enterprise is the return the operator gets to pay for his/her labor and management costs as well as return to equity in the business.
| Yr | Corn / Acre | Beans / Acre | Oats / Acre | Alf Hay/Acre | Corn + Gov Pmt/A | Farrow / Finish Hog/Cwt. | Feeder Pig / Liter | Finshing 40# Pig/Cwt. | Finshing 10# Pig/Cwt. | Beef Cow/Cow | Beef Finishing / Cwt. | Dairy Whole Herd/Cow |
| 89 | 44.90 | 44.87 | .53 | 63.67 | 69.93 | 4.11 | 67.21 | 1.92 | n/a | 125.73 | 7.27 | 600.38 |
| 90 | -7.66 | 70.12 | -2.89 | 58.62 | 19.98 | 13.16 | 115.33 | 7.80 | n/a | 208.07 | 12.05 | 728.00 |
| 91 | -.57 | 7.31 | -30.40 | 49.45 | 21.28 | 4.71 | 65.86 | -2.04 | n/a | 119.01 | -8.06 | 506.00 |
| 92 | -39.81 | 7.52 | -11.31 | 52.03 | -1.64 | 4.43 | 28.37 | 2.85 | n/a | 104.94 | 7.28 | 485.43 |
| 93 | -52.81 | -25.43 | -22.80 | -2.70 | -27.95 | 5.24 | 57.83 | .33 | n/a | 117.60 | .36 | 590.95 |
| 94 | -5.70 | 44.71 | -21.87 | 45.15 | 48.12 | -2.16 | -40.32 | -4.08 | n/a | 67.21 | -5.40 | 441.15 |
| 95 | 40.87 | 35.13 | 14.51 | 84.17 | 33.32 | 3.38 | -13.08 | 5.39 | n/a | -122.15 | -2.45 | 143.49 |
| 96 | 8.67 | 71.67 | 114.91 | 10.79 | 33.99 | 4.37 | 7.77 | 6.99 | n/a | -165.78 | -6.96 | 426.67 |
| 97 | -20.66 | 38.38 | 72.51 | 93.33 | 18.32 | 2.55 | 6.22 | 2.30 | 2.30 | -77.17 | -3.01 | 216.53 |
| 98 | -24.74 | 13.38 | 8.05 | 59.88 | 26.44 | -10.58 | -163.11 | -7.01 | (7.01) | -124.72 | -18.17 | 879.04 |
| 99 | -22.54 | 4.50 | -12.76 | 34.02 | 18.41 | 1.07 | n/a | 3.51 | 3.51 | 110.53 | 13.44 | 866.03 |
| 00 | -30.04 | 20.02 | -23.37 | 45.20 | 10.16 | 5.92 | n/a | 2.27 | 6.89 | 82.00 | 1.02 | 487.00 |
| 01 | -69.91 | -2.26 | -9.96 | 114.14 | -34.60 | 5.41 | n/a | 4.62 | 5.11 | 0.00 | -3.29 | 786.00 |
| 02 | 27.35 | 43.29 | 47.46 | 117.57 | 46.76 | 62.58 | (8.23) | (4.03) | (2.84) | 51.00 | (1.08) | 489.00 |
| 03 | 41.73 | 43.95 | 45.27 | 118.35 | 67.00 | 67.99 | (0.25) | 1.98 | (0.14) | (13.00) | 18.27 | 490.00 |
| 04 | 2.46 | 3.10 | 69.77 | 80.41 | 26.18 | 27.01 | 11.85 | 10.38 | 9.28 | 3.00 | 19.47 | 845.00 |
| 05 | 67.75 | 52.38 | 47.85 | 93.26 | 103.59 | 85.40 | 7.99 | 1.09 | 10.53 | 74.00 | 0.14 | 743.00 |
| 16 Yr Ave | -5.00 | 27.00 | 18.00 | 66.00 | 26.00 | 3.05 | 2.02 | 3.75 | 27.15 | 1.46 | 576.00 | |
| 6 Yr Ave | 7.00 | 27.00 | 30.00 | 95.00 | 37.00 | 56.00 | 3.78 | 2.72 | 4.81 | 32.81 | 5.10 | 640.00 |
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This page was created 6/26/00 by E. Weness with assistance from M. Werner. Last revised 10/10/06 by Garen Paulson.