Characteristics and Production Costs of U.S. Wheat Farms

[charliep]

A pretty intimate look at US wheat cost structure/characturtics. A little light reading for this summer.

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/sb974-5/

I look forward to peoples comments as to how this compares to Canadian farms.

[TOM4CWB]

Charlie,

It is amazing that the US produces so much wheat when;

"Producers in the Prairie Gateway, a major wheat region, produced wheat at an average cost of $3.63 per bushel, the lowest cost among regions."

At 5.60/bu CDN, it is not hard to see why US wheat farmers must get more than "designated area" CWB producers...

Since this was done in 1998, I wonder what the cost of production would be in 2002?

What do studies say Canadian prairie wheat production costs?

[charliep]

Attached is AAFRD cost of production site on Ropin the Web. We have stopped at the contribution margin area (direct costs only) so not 100 % comparable.

http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/economic/product/index02.html