University of Wyoming
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Farm Management Online Software



Malting Barley

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

*/  Production data for this table was taken from University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station unpublished bulletin "Economics of Applying Nitrogen Fertilizer to Malt Barley" (mid-planted barley), by D.E. Agee, J.G. Lauer, and J.R. Partridge, 1989, assuming ammonium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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