@article{Foreman:186730,
      recid = {186730},
      author = {Foreman, Linda F.},
      title = {Characteristics and Production Costs of U.S. Corn Farms,  Including Organic, 2010},
      address = {2014-09},
      number = {1476-2016-121019},
      series = {Economic Information Bulletin},
      pages = {43},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {Data from the 2010 Agricultural Resource Management Survey  (ARMS) and ERS cost of
production accounts present a  snapshot of the production costs, production practices,
and  characteristics related to U.S. corn production in 2010.  This study found considerable variation in the operating  and ownership costs for corn, ranging from an average of  $1.74 per bushel for low-cost producers to $3.88 per bushel  for high-cost producers. In 2010, high corn prices meant  that most producers covered their corn production costs  from harvest-month prices. The Heartland continues to be  the major corn production region with the lowest operating  and ownership costs per bushel, mainly because of the  region’s high corn yields. The operating and ownership  costs per bushel did not vary significantly by enterprise  size where size is measured by the number of planted corn  acres per farm. However, these costs per planted acre were  lowest for farms with the smallest corn enterprises and  highest for farms with the largest corn enterprises.  Production value less operating and ownership costs per  acre from organic corn production was higher than that from  conventional corn production because higher prices more  than offset lower yields for organic corn.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/186730},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.186730},
}