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Table 1

Income from No Till Continuous Cropping System in Northeastern Montana

  Spring Wheat Alternative Crops
Lentils Peas Sunflowers Flax
Yield

32

30

 32 1700 21
Price $3.00 $7.25

$3.30

$0.12

$6.35
Total Income $96.00 $217.50 $105.60

$204.00

 $133.35
Operating Costs $67.93 $70.15 $64.30 $79.38 $51.46
Ownership Costs $12.08 $15.73 $13.42 $11.80 $11.20
Returns over Operating Costs $28.07 $147.35 $41.30 $124.62 $81.89
Returns over Total Cost $15.99 $131.62 $27.88 $112.82 $70.69
Acres each Crop 1,200 600 300 450 450
Total Income from Crop $19,188 $78,972 $8,364 $50,769 $31,811

Total Income from Farm: $189,104

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