Production Costs & Breakevens Worksheet
Our estimate of what an acre costs to grow, and the break-even price per bushel it implies. Every line has a blank cell beside it — put your own costs and your own yield in, and the totals and break-even move with them. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere or saved.
$ per acre
$/ac by crop year
Total cost per acre — Corn — NI
Total cost per acre — Corn — IRR
Total cost per acre — Beans — NI
Total cost per acre — Beans — IRR
The figures behind the chart
| What | 2026 | Change | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total cost per acre — Corn — NI | $/ac | 909 | 0 | 0% |
| Total cost per acre — Corn — IRR | $/ac | 1,120 | 0 | 0% |
| Total cost per acre — Beans — NI | $/ac | 693 | 0 | 0% |
| Total cost per acre — Beans — IRR | $/ac | 847 | 0 | 0% |
Change and % compare the first and last year on file inside the window —
not the ends of the window itself, so a row the sheet only started carrying
in 2020 reports what it actually did.
Want to walk through your own numbers, or talk about how coverage fits against these costs? Call or email us — that conversation is what we're here for.