USDA's Economic Research Service

Cost and return estimates are reported for the United States and major production regions for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, peanuts, oats, barley, milk, hogs, and cow-calf. The history of commodity cost and return estimates for the U.S. and regions is divided into three categories: Current, Recent, and Historical estimates.  Cost-of Production Forecasts  Excel icon (16x16) are also available for major U.S. field crops.

Also see the ERS Milk Cost of Production Estimates data product.

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Data Current Costs and Returns: All commoditiesRecent Costs and Returns: CornRecent Costs and Returns: SoybeansRecent Costs and Returns: WheatRecent Costs and Returns: CottonRecent Costs and Returns: RiceRecent Costs and Returns: Grain sorghumRecent Costs and Returns: BarleyRecent Costs and Returns: OatsRecent Costs and Returns: Sugar BeetsRecent Costs and Returns: PeanutsRecent Costs and Returns: MilkRecent Costs and Returns: Hogs, allRecent Costs and Returns: Hogs, farrow-finishRecent Costs and Returns: Hogs, farrow-feederRecent Costs and Returns: Hogs, feeder-finishRecent Costs and Returns: Hogs, otherRecent Costs and Returns: Cow-calfHistorical Costs and Returns: CornHistorical Costs and Returns: SoybeansHistorical Costs and Returns: WheatHistorical Costs and Returns: CottonHistorical Costs and Returns: RiceHistorical Costs and Returns: Grain sorghumHistorical Costs and Returns: BarleyHistorical Costs and Returns: OatsHistorical Costs and Returns: Sugar BeetsHistorical Costs and Returns: PeanutsHistorical Costs and Returns: TobaccoHistorical Costs and Returns: MilkHistorical Costs and Returns: Hogs, allHistorical Costs and Returns: Hogs, farrow-finishHistorical Costs and Returns: Hogs, farrow-feederHistorical Costs and Returns: Hogs, feeder-finishHistorical Costs and Returns: Cow-CalfCost-of-Production Forecasts Back to top

Corn: 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Soybeans: 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Wheat: 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2012 10/1/2013
Cotton: 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2012 10/1/2013
Rice: 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Grain sorghum: 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Barley: 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Oats: 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Peanuts: 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Milk: 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Hogs (all): 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Hogs (farrow-to-finish): 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Hogs, (farrow-to-feeder): 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Hogs (feeder-to-finish): 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Hogs (other): 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013
Cow-calf: 2011-12 Download as Excel 5/1/2013 10/1/2013

Last updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013

For more information contact: William McBride