PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Appendix Table 5. Estimated resource use and costs per acre for field operations, Potato (Mother-Sweet), one-row equipment, plant 90
acres, production parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

TRACTOR

COST

EQUIP

COST

ALLOC

LABOR

OPERATING INPUT

OPERATION/

SIZE/

TRACTOR

PERF

TIMES

TOTAL

---------

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--------

------

------

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OPERATING INPUT

UNIT

SIZE

RATE

OVER

MTH

DIRECT

FIXED

DIRECT

FIXED

HOURS

COST

AMOUNT

PRICE

COST

COST

---------

---dollars-----

------

dollars

------

-dollars

--------

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

2.00

Dec

5.79

2.92

0.75

1.07

1.254

9.40

19.94

Fertilizer app

1 row

23

0.500

1.00

Feb

1.84

0.83

0.10

0.17

0.550

4.13

7.06

8-24-24

lb

500.0000

0.13

65.00

65.00

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

1.00

Feb

2.89

1.46

0.38

0.54

0.627

4.70

9.97

Hipper 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

2.00

Feb

11.26

5.06

1.01

1.44

3.366

25.25

44.01

Middle buster 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Feb

5.63

2.53

0.22

0.31

1.683

12.62

21.31

Trailer utility

10 ft

23

1.000

5.00

Feb

18.41

8.27

2.00

7.14

5.500

41.25

77.06

Planting labor

hour

1.00

Feb

35.0000

7.50

262.50

262.50

Seed potatoes

bu

900.0000

7.00

6300.00

6300.00

Seed potatoes

bu

450.0000

7.00

3150.00

3150.00

Hipper 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

2.00

Feb

11.26

5.06

1.01

1.44

3.366

25.25

44.01

Ditcher

1.5 ft

23

0.050

1.00

Feb

0.18

0.08

0.09

0.13

0.055

0.41

0.90

Plastic layer

5 ft

23

1.500

1.00

Mar

5.52

2.48

1.26

2.63

4.650

34.88

46.77

Plastic

roll

4.5000

60.00

270.00

270.00

Other labor

hour

3.0000

7.50

22.50

22.50

Hipper 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Mar

5.63

2.53

0.50

0.72

1.683

12.62

22.01

Other labor

hour

1.00

Mar

6.0000

7.50

45.00

45.00

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Mar

5.63

2.53

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.62

21.76

Ditcher

1.5 ft

23

0.050

1.00

Mar

0.18

0.08

0.09

0.13

0.055

0.41

0.90

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Apr

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Thiodan

lb

1.0000

8.00

8.00

8.00

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Apr

5.63

2.53

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.62

21.76

Ditcher

1.5 ft

23

0.050

1.00

Apr

0.18

0.08

0.09

0.13

0.055

0.41

0.90

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Apr

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Thiodan

lb

1.0000

8.00

8.00

8.00

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Apr

5.63

2.53

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.62

21.76

Ditcher

1.5 ft

23

0.050

1.00

Apr

0.18

0.08

0.09

0.13

0.055

0.41

0.90

Shredder 1R

5 ft

23

0.740

1.00

May

2.72

1.22

0.28

0.74

0.814

6.11

11.08

Middle buster 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

May

5.63

2.53

0.22

0.31

1.683

12.62

21.31

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

2.00

May

5.79

2.92

0.75

1.07

1.254

9.40

19.94

TOTALS

101.42

46.35

10.59

20.38

32.117

240.88

10131.0010550.61

INTEREST ON OPERATING

CAPITAL

344.17

UNALLOCATED LABOR

0.00

TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

10894.78

H-91



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