fuel cost per acre
This averaging assumes that 50 percent of the farmland is in corn and 50 percent is in soybeans. For strip tillage, average fuel use is 2.4 gallons per acre. Average costs are $12.67 per acre in fuel and labor costs, $16.56 in implement costs, $20.06 in tractor overhead, giving average total costs of $49.29 per acre.uel use for the typical-till is estimated at 3.7 gallons per acre, 1.3 gallons higher than the strip or no-till systems. At a $2.50 per gallon diesel fuel price, fuel use differences results in $3.25 per acre higher costs for the typical-till than for strip-till or no-till.