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production costs

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005201

The sum, measured in dollars, of all purchased inputs and other expenses necessary to produce farm products. Cost of production statistics may be expressed as an average per animal, per acre, or per unit of production (bushel, pound, or hundredweight) for all farms in an area or in the country.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005201
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
Synonymscost of production; production expenses
ReferencesAgriculture Fact Book, USDA; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoeconomic costs; production economics; cost control; net farm income; input costs
TranslationsSpanish: costos de producción
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005201",
  "term": "production costs",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The sum, measured in dollars, of all purchased inputs and other expenses necessary to produce farm products. Cost of production statistics may be expressed as an average per animal, per acre, or per unit of production (bushel, pound, or hundredweight) for all farms in an area or in the country.",
  "synonyms": [
    "cost of production",
    "production expenses"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "economic costs",
    "production economics",
    "cost control",
    "net farm income",
    "input costs"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Agriculture Fact Book, USDA",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "costos de producción"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/production-costs/"
}

Record 5,201 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.