Production Costs

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Current Cost and Return Studies with Corn

These studies are intended as a guide only and can be used to make production decisions, determine potential returns, prepare budgets and evaluate production loans.

2015 Grain Corn, Furrow Irrigated: San Joaquin Valley, South (PDF) (Archived) Sample costs to produce field corn (field corn for grain) in the southern San Joaquin Valley are shown in this study.
2015 Silage Corn, Conservation Tillage: San Joaquin Valley, North (PDF) (Archived) Sample costs to produce double-cropped silage corn using conservation tillage practices in the northern San Joaquin Valley are shown in this study.
2015 Field Corn: Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley North (PDF) (Archived) The sample costs to produce field corn in the Sacramento Valley and northern San Joaquin Valley are presented in this study.
2012 Silage Corn, Double Cropped: San Joaquin Valley, South (PDF) (Archived) Sample costs to produce corn silage in the southern San Joaquin Valley are shown in this study.

Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis: Current Cost and Return Studies, Corn