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Identifikator:: 1795102764

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-179770

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: United States

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: VII, 112 S

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Report on the farmers' costs of production of sugar beets in the Unitede States for the years 1921, 1922, and 1923

Collection:: Economics Books

COSTS OF PRODUCING SUGAR BEETS 39 results on the basis of ‘“‘per acre of sugar beets harvested,” ‘per ton of sugar beets harvested,” and “per pound of sugar extracted,” respec- tively. The costs shown, both inclusive and exclusive of interest charges, are given for the years 1921, 1922, and 1923 and a weighted average is constructed for the three-year period 1921-1923. On each of the three bases, a comparison is made of average costs with the average returns to growers. Costs per acre of sugar beets harvested. —For the United States, the average three-year cost of producing an acre of sugar beets was found to be $70.79 without allowance for land rental and interest on other capital, and $85.98 including an allowance for interest. The three- year average return to growers for the sale of sugar beets from an acre was found to be $87.88, so that the average indicated excess of returns over costs was $17.09 per acre when an interest allowance was not included in costs and $1.90 per acre when an interest allow- ance was included. As between the costs in the several States where the investigation was made, there was a variation in the three-year averages inclusive of an allowance for interest of from $70 per acre (for Ohio) to $98 (for Utah and Idaho). For the three-year period, the difference between the average cost per acre to the growers (including an allowance for interest) and the average returns ranged from an excess of cost of 38.02 (for Michigan) to an excess of returns of $20.91 (for Montana). Costs per ton of sugar beets harvested.—The average three-year cost per ton of sugar beets harvested for the United States was found to be $6.21 exclusive of interest charges, and $7.53 inclusive of interest. Because of the important differences in yield in the several States, the order of States is quite different when arranged in accordance with costs per ton of sugar beets harvested than when arranged in the order of costs per acre. The three-year average costs per ton of sugar beets harvested were lowest in Nebraska ($6.40 per ton) and highest in California ($9.87 per ton). On this basis the order of the States was Nebraska, Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Ohio, Utah, Michigan, and California. For the United States, the three- year average returns to the growers exceeded the average costs without interest allowance by $1.49 per ton and the cost with interest by $0.17 per ton. Costs per pound of sugar extracted from sugar beets.—Perhaps most significant from the point of view of the consumer are the average costs of producing sugar beets on the basis of ‘per pound of sugar extracted from the sugar beets.” On the average, in the United States during the three years, 263.9 pounds of sugar were extracted per ton of beets paid for by the factories. Therefore, the average cost of the sugar beets per pound of sugar extracted was 2.35 cents with- out allowance for interest and 2.85 cents with interest, resulting in an average excess of returns over costs of 0.57 cent and 0.07 cent per pound, respectively, by the two methods of calculation.

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