U.S. soybean production costs and returns per planted acre, excluding Government payments, 1997-2016

USDA has estimated annual production costs and returns and published accounts for major field crop and livestock enterprises since 1975.
The annual estimates are based on producer surveys conducted about every 4-8 years for each commodity and updated each year with estimates of annual price, acreage, and production changes. This essentially fixes the technology that underlies the accounts to that used in the survey year. The most recent cost and return estimates for each commodity are based on surveys conducted in 2012 for soybeans.

Commodities has a volatility significantly higher than for currencies or interest rates, it also has a high impact on the profit of many companies


Figure 1 - Gross value of production in the U.S. soybean per planted acre, excluding Government payments

Figure 2 - Gross value of production value and costs of soybean per planted acre - excluding Government payments





Figure 3 - Volatilityof production value and costs of soybean per planted acre - excluding Government payments

Source: USDA