In a conventional tillage system is approximately $115.20 per acre and an estimated cost for no-till production would be approximately $108.49 per acre.
From fewer than 500 acres in 1972, acreage has steadily increased to over 3000 acres in 1994. At an average of $18/gallon and 150 gallons per acre, sweet sorghum syrup produced in Kentucky in 1994 was worth over $8 million; yet the current acreage is estimated to be just over one-half of Kentucky s potential.  ● Acres Harvested: 3.3 million for grain and 80,000 for silage. ● Yield per Acre: a record high for grain (80 bushels) and 15 tons for silage. ● Cash Value: $ 466.8 million. ● Yearly Production Costs per Acre: $124 (average production cost in central, western, eastern and irrigated areas). Production costs :An estimate of expenses to produce an acre of grain sorghum produced in a conventional tillage system is approximately $115.20 per acre and an estimated cost for no-till production would be approximately $108.49 per acre. ● Tennessee harvested approximately 17,000 acres of grain sorghum for grain, yielding 15,300,000 bushels and 2,000 acres for silage during 2004. ● Estimated average bushels of grain harvested per acre during 2004 was 90 bushels per acre. Farm. The hypothetical farm consists of 300 non-contiguous acres of which 150 acres are rented and 150 owned by the grower. Sorghum for grain is planted on 140 acres of the 150 acres of rented land. The remaining 10 acres are roads and field edges. The grower-owned 150 acres includes 10 acres occupied by buildings and homestead, and 140 acres planted to other crops It can make you anxious,” he said. On the positive side, not only is sorghum drought resistant, it has significantly lower input costs than corn. While corn can cost $150 to $200 per acre for seed, sorghum will cost $25 per acre to plant, Dweikat said. “There are farmers in the contests getting 280-300 bushels per acre,” he said. Sorghum can be planted and harvested with the same equipment as corn, and contains the same amount of starch, meaning it handles and yields the same as corn in the ethanol process. Sorghum Production in Missouri. Sorghum acreage is sporadic. During the last 20 years, acreage has been decreasing. Yields per acre, on the other hand, have been steadily increasing about 1 bushel per year. Sorghum production is also decreasing and currently has a 5-year average value of $23 million. The grain in a 100-bushel per acre grain sorghum crop removes about 100 lbs. of nitrogen, 14 lbs. of phosphorous, and 14 lbs. of potassium. A soil test is the most practical method of determining fertilizer needs. Large acreages of grain sorghum are also grown in Africa and Asia in areas where the climate is too hot and dry for corn. During the past 25 years, the grain sorghum acreage in the U.S. has ranged from 15 to 18 million acres per year. Grain sorghum acreage is somewhat greater than acreages for oats and barley, but considerably less than the land area planted to corn, wheat, and soybean Results Enterprise budgets were developed for both irrigated and dryland sweet sorghum production, Appendix A. The total cost per acre to produce sweet sorghum under irrigation was estimated at $706.67 per acre, Table A1, including $592.21 in direct expenses and $114.46 in fixed costs. Fixed costs consisted of the land rent ($65.00/acre) and ownership expenses associated with the irrigation pivot ($33.60/acre) and owned equipment ($14.96/acre). The yield used in the irrigated sweet sorghum budget based on the trials was 28.75 wet tons per acre. Independent studies have shown forage sorghum saves farmers an average of $200 per acre in total production costs compared to corn silage. The following chart details how the newest forage hybrids including the Brachytic Dwarf and Brown Midrib-6 characteristics stack up against corn silage. Excellent yields (up to 30 tons/acre with conventional types) have been obtained with 200 lb/ac or less or nitrogen, which is less than what is commonly put on corn for the same yield goal.” Sorghum seed costs approximately $15 per acre compared to corn in the $100 per acre range, including traits.
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