PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON

Table 2.A Estimated
average

resource use and
yield, Louisiana,

costs per acre for
1997.

field operations

, Beans

(Butter), fresh

market,

one-row

equipment,

TRACTOR

COST

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COST

ALLOC

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OPERATING INPUT

_{OP E R A T I O N /}

_{S I Z E /}

_{T R A C T O R}

_{P ER F}

_{T IM E S}

TOTAL

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OPERATING INPUT

UNIT

SIZE

RATE

OVER

_{M T H}

DIRECT

FIXED

DIRECT

FIXED

HOURS

COST

AMOUNT

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COST

COST

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Lime (spread)

Disk 2R

Disk 2R

cwt

1.00

Jan

6.6000

1.60

10.56

10.56

6 ft

_{4 3}

_{0 .5 7 0}

1.00

Jan

_{2 . 8 9}

1.46

0.38

_{0. 5 4}

_{0 . 62}

_{4 . 0}

9.97

6 ft

43

0.570

2.00

Mar

5.79

2.92

0.75

1.07

1.254

9.40

19.94

Disk-pre-1-2R
Treflan

6 ft

23

0.590

1.00

A p r

2.17

0.98

0.49

0.70

0.649

4.87

9.21

pt

_{11 .. 52 5000 00}

_{3. 7 5}

_{4. 69}

4.69

Dual

pt

7.85

11.78

11.78

H i p₈p_-e₂r₄-_-f₂e₄r t 1 R

3 ft

_{2 3}

_{1 . 5 5 0}

_{1. 0 0}

A p r

_{5 . 1}

_{2 .5 6}

_{0. 91}

_{1. 2 9}

_{1 . 0 5}

_{1 2 . 9}

23.26

lb

_{4 0 0 . 0 0 0 0}

_{0. 1 3}

_{5 2. 00}

52.00

Hipper 1R

3 ft

_{2 3}

_{1 .5 3 0}

_{1. 0 0}

Apr

_{5 . 6 3}

_{2 .5 3}

_{0 .5 0}

_{0. 7 2}

_{1 . 68 3}

_{1 2 .6 2}

22.01

Row conditioner 1R

Planter 1R

6₃ f_ft_t

²23³

1⁰ .^. 5⁴0¹⁰0

1.00

1.00

Apr

Apr

5¹ .^. 5⁵2¹

2⁰ .^. 4⁶8⁸

0.08
0.35

0⁰ .^. 5¹²6

⁰1.^{. 4}6 5^{5 1}0

12^{3 .}. 3^{3 8}8

5.77

21.29

Butter bean seed

lb

_{5 0 . 0 0 0 0}

_{1. 2 5}

_{6 2. 50}

62.50

Other labor

hour

12 ft

_{1. 0 0}

May

6.0000

7.50

45.00

45.00

Boom sprayer

_{2 3}

_{0 .1 9 0}

1.00

May

_{0 . 0}

_{0 .3 1}

_{0 .2 6}

_{0. 2 8}

_{0 . 20 9}

_{1 .5}

3.12

Basagran

pt

_{1 . 0 0 0 0}

_{8. 2 9}

_{8. 29}

8.29

Cultivator 1R

B o o_Om_{r t}s_hp_er_na_ey e r

3 ft

12 ft
lb

_{22 33}

_{10 .. 15 39 00}

_{1. 0 0}

1.00

May
May

_{5 . 6 3}

0.70

_{20 .. 35 31}

_{0 .4 0}

0.26

_{00 .. 52 8}

_{01.. 2608 93}

_{121 .. 56 2}

_{0 . 5 0 0 0}

_{1 1. 8 0}

_{5. 90}

21.76

3.12

5.90

Boom sprayer

12 ft

_{2 3}

_{0 .1 9 0}

_{1. 0 0}

May

_{0 . 0}

_{0 .3 1}

_{0 .2 6}

_{0. 2 8}

_{0 . 20 9}

_{1 .5}

_{1 1}6_. .3_{8 0}8

5⁹ .^. 9⁵ 0

3.12

_OBrr_ta_hveon e

_lp_bt

₀1 _.. ₅5 ₀0 0₀ 0₀

9.57

5.90

Cultivator 1R

B o o_Pm_{o a}s_sp_tr a y e r

3 ft

12 ft
pt

^{2 233}

_{10 ..1 539 00}

_{1. 0 0}

1.00

May
May

_{5 . 6 3}

0.70

_{20 ..3 531}

_{0 .4 0}
0.26

₀0 _..₂57₈

^{10 ..26 08 93}

_{1 2 .6 2}

^{1 . 5}

_{1 . 0 0 0 0}

_{1 2. 5 6}

_{1 2 .5 6}

21.76

3.12

12.56

Crop oil

B o o_Omr _ts_hpernaey e r

pt

12 ft
lb

_{2 3}

_{0 .1 9 0}

_{1. 0 0}

Jun

_{0 . 0}

_{0 .3 1}

_{0 .2 6}

_{0. 2 8}

_{0 . 20 9}

_{1 .5}

2.0000

_{0 . 5 0 0 0}

0.78

_{1 1. 80}

1.56

_{5. 90}

₃1_..₁56₂
5.90

Boom sprayer

12 ft

_{2 3}

_{0 .1 9 0}

_{1. 0 0}

Jun

_{0 . 0}

_{0 .3 1}

_{0 .2 6}

_{0. 2 8}

_{0 . 20 9}

_{1 .5}

3.12

Sevin

lb

_{11 .. 000000 00}

_{4. 4 0}

_{4. 40}

4.40

Benlate

lb

15.80

15.80

15.80

Boom sprayer

12 ft

_{2 3}

_{0 .1 9 0}

_{1. 0 0}

_{Ju l}

_{0 . 0}

_{0 .3 1}

_{0 .2 6}

_{0. 2 8}

_{0 . 20 9}

_{1 .5}

3.12

Sevin

lb

_{11 .. 00 0000 00}

_{4. 4 0}

_{4. 40}

4.40

Benlate

Trailer small

lb

15.80

15.80

15.80

8 ft

_{2 3}

_{1 .0 0 0}

_{1. 0 0}

_{Ju l}

_{3 . 6 8}

_{1 .6 5}

_{0 .2 4}

_{0. 8 6}

_{1 . 10 0}

_{8 . 25}

14.68

Harvest labor
harvest container
Bushel hampers

bu

1.00

Jul

_{1 0 0 . 0 0 0 0}

_{8. 0 0}

_{8 0 0. 00}

800.00

each

8.0000

3.00

24.00

24.00

each

33.0000

2.16

71.28

71.28

P_Di_ic_sk_ku p_{2 R}t r u c k

½ ton

6 ft

_{4 3}

_{10 ..5 00 00}

_{5. 0 0}

2.00

_{JJ uu ll}

_{5 . 9}

_{2 .9 2}

_{2 0 . 8}

0.75

_{1 6. 8 1}

1.07

_{15.. 2050 04}

_{3 .5 0}

9.40

75.09
19.94

_{T O T A L S}

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25.44

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27.88

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26.85

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1171.88

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INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL

20.70

UNALLOCATED LABOR

0.00

TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

1479.12