PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS

Table 1. (continued)

Crop	Yield Per Acre	Budgeted 1997 price	Total Direct Expense	Returns Above Direct Expense	Total Specified Expenses
Eggplant, trellis, plastic	600 bu	7.75	3248.97	1401.03	3354.44
Greens, Mustard, process	5 tons	100.00	267.41	232.59	366.34
Peas, Southern, mechanical	75 bu	15.00	475.94	649.06	541.42
Potatoes, Irish, chipping	150 cwt	5.50	738.30	186.70	803.23
Pumpkins, fresh, irrigated	200 cwt	7.00	974.56	425.44	1107.53
Strawberries, w/row covers	1200 flats	9.00	8294.11	2505.89	8450.01
Tomatoes, bare soil, not	700 20 lb boxes	9.00	3338.96	2961.03	3423.19
Tomatoes, greenhouse, fall	800 20 lb boxes	20.00	12887.49	3112.51	15525.49
Watermelon, plastic, irrigated__	_____300 cwt_____	_______6.00	1296.13	___503.87	___1364.76

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