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.
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TRACTOR |
COST |
EQUIP |
COST |
ALLOC |
LABOR |
OPERATING INPUT | |||||||||
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OPERATION/ |
SIZE/ |
TRACTOR |
PERF |
TIMES |
TOTAL | ||||||||||
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OPERATING INPUT |
UNIT |
SIZE |
RATE |
OVER |
MTH |
DIRECT |
FIXED |
DIRECT |
FIXED |
HOURS |
COST |
AMOUNT |
PRICE |
COST |
COST |
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---dollars----- |
------ |
dollars |
------ |
-dollars |
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|
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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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INTEREST ON OPERATING |
CAPITAL |
344.17 | |||||||||||||
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UNALLOCATED LABOR |
0.00 | ||||||||||||||
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TOTAL SPECIFIED COST |
10894.78 | ||||||||||||||
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