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) 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) 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) 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) 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