PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Appendix Table 4. Operating inputs: estimated prices Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM NAME

UNIT

PRICE

ITEM NAME

UNIT

PRICE

dollars

FERTILIZER

10-20-20

lb

0.10

13-13-13

cwt

12.00

13-13-13

lb

0.12

2-13-29

lb

0.80

7-21-21

lb

0.12

8-24-24

lb

0.13

Ammonium Nitrate 33%

lb

0.13

Anhydrous (82%)

lb

0.11

CaNO3, regular

lb

0.18

CANO3, water sol.

lb

0.35

Fertilizer cart

cwt

0.24

Lime (spread)

cwt

1.60

Nitrogen

lb

0.24

Nitrogen (32%)

lb

0.07

Phosphorus

lb

0.19

Potash

lb

0.12

FUNGICIDES

Benlate

lb

15.80

Botran

lb

7.25

Bravo

pt

6.38

Captan WP

lb

3.25

Dithane

lb

2.95

Manzate

lb

3.00

Ridomil

lb

21.70

Ridomil + Bravo

lb

15.50

Rovral

pt

19.19

Tribasic Copper

lb

2.55

HERBICIDES

Atrazine

pt

1.35

Basagran

pt

8.29

Command 4EC

qt

19.68

Crop oil

pt

0.78

Curbit

pt

4.54

Dacthal

lb

7.40

Devrinol

lb

8.00

Dual

pt

7.85

Eptam

pt

3.79

Fusilade 2000

pt

13.89

Goal

pt

8.54

Gramoxone

pt

3.89

Lasso

pt

3.23

Poast

pt

12.56

Prefar

qt

9.63

Princep

lb

2.81

Prowl

pt

3.11

Pursuit

oz

4.98

Roneet

qt

12.50

Roundup

pt

7.73

Sencor 4L

pt

17.73

Surfactant

pt

1.34

Treflan

pt

3.75

HIRED LABOR

Blanching labor

hour

7.50

Clean berry plants

hour

7.50

Clip, tie and prune

hour

7.50

Cluster prune

hour

7.50

Contract planting, 1

1000

18.75

Contract planting,

2 1000

12.50

Cut slip labor

hour

7.50

Greenhouse prep.

hour

7.50

Greenhouse tie/prune

hour

7.50

Hoe labor

hour

7.50

Leaf pruning

hour

7.50

Monitor

hour

7.50

Other labor

hour

7.50

Planting labor

hour

7.50

Strip berry labor

hour

7.50

Tomato pollination

each

7.50

INSECTICIDES

Ambush

pt

13.88

Buffer

pt

2.00

Diazinon 4E

pt

5.49

Dimethoate

pt

3.65

Dipel

pt

3.00

Furadan 4F

qt

16.00

Guthion

pt

3.58

Imodan

lb

4.75

Kelthane

qt

12.13

Lannate

pt

5.80

Lorsban 4E

pt

5.75

Malathion

pt

2.88

Mocap

lb

1.15

Orthene

lb

11.80

Penncap M

pt

2.77

Phosdrin 4EC

pt

11.19

Pounce

pt

21.00

Sevin

lb

4.40

Thiodan

lb

8.00

Thiodan

pt

4.50

PACK & HARVEST ITEMS

Bushel hampers

each

2.16

Flats

each

1.00

Hand carry

each

1.50

harvest container

each

3.00

Harvest crate

each

1.90

Harvest sacks

each

0.55

Ice

cwt

2.35

Lug boxes

100

90.00

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