| Conservation Reserve Program - 10 Years Only: | Rental rates vary from $66-172/acre/year | |||||
| Cost of Implementation (with 90% C/S) | Sign-Up Bonus | Average Rental Rate | 10-Years' Payments | Profits | VS. Crop | |
| Quail Buffers | $ 15.00 | $ 100.00 | $ 115.00 | $1,150.00 | $1,235.00 | $ 580.00 |
| Filterstrips/Riparian Buffers | $ 15.00 | $ 100.00 | $ 137.20 | $1,372.00 | $1,457.00 | $ 802.00 |
| Crop Production on Poor Sites Near Trees (Cost Analysis Below) | ||||||
| (100 bu. Corn/30 bu. Beans) | Costs | Benefits | Profits | |||
| 10 Year Rotation Inputs | $ 1,395.00 | $ 2,050.00 | $655 | |||
| Per Acre Analysis | ||||||
| Corn | Soybeans | |||||
| Seed Cost | $ 35.00 | $ 36.00 | ||||
| Herbicides | $ 35.00 | $ 20.00 | ||||
| Planting (Eqip) | $ 13.00 | $ 12.00 | ||||
| Annydrous | $ 35.00 | |||||
| Diesel (No-till) | $ 3.00 | $ 1.00 | ||||
| Fertilizer | $ 26.00 | |||||
| Combine | $ 25.00 | $ 25.00 | ||||
| Trucking (40mi/2.3/acre) | $ 10.00 | $ 3.00 | ||||
| Total Inputs/Acre | $ 182.00 | $ 97.00 | ||||
| Low Yields Near Trees | 100/bu/ac($2.25) | 30/bu/ac ($4.5) | ||||
| Harvest | $ 225.00 | $ 135.00 | ||||
| DCP (100% Corn Base) | $ 25.00 | $ 25.00 | ||||
| Net Income | $ 68.00 | $ 63.00 | ||||