PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 8.A Estimated resource use and costs per acre for field operations, Cauliflower, irrigated, fresh-market, two-row equipment,,
average yield, Louisiana, 1997.

OPERATION/

OPERATING INPUT

SIZE/
UNIT

TRACTOR
SIZE

PERF
RATE

TIMES
OVER

MT H

TRACTOR COST

EQUIP COST

ALLOC LABOR

OPERATING INPUT

TOTAL
COST

-D-I-R-E-C-T--

------

FIXED

-------

DIRECT

-------

FIXED

-H-OU-R-S--

----C-O-S-T

-A-M-O-U-N-T--

--P-RI-C-E--

----CO--ST-

__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

----dollars----

_-_-_-_--__--__

__d_o_l_l_a_r_s_

_-_-_--_-_-__-

_d_o_l_la__rs__-

_-_-_--_-_-__-

Lime (spread)

cwt

1.00

Jul

6.6000

1.60

10.56

10.56

Disk 2R

6 ft

4 3

0.570

1.00

Jul

22..8899

11..4466

00..33 88

0.54

0.627

0.627

4.7 0

9.97

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

1.00

Aug

0.54

4.70

9.97

Disk-pre-1-2R

6 ft

23

0.590

1.00

Aug

2.17

0.98

0.49

0.70

0.649

4.87

9.21

Treflan

3 pftt

1.250 0

3.75

4.69

4.69

Hipper 1R
13-13-13

2 3

1.530

1.0 0

Aug

5.6 3

2.5 3

0.50

0.72

1.683

12.6 2

22.01

lb

800.000 0

0.12

96.00

96.00

Hipper 1R

Veg Transplanter

3 ft

1 row

2 3

23

14 ..0530 00

1.0 0

1.00

Aug
Aug

5.6 3

14.72

62..65 13

10..52 50

03.. 72 26

116 ..4680 03

12.6 2

123.00

22.01

148.84

Planting labor

h1o0u0r

20.000 0

7.50

150.00

150.00

Cauliflower plants

85.0000

4.00

340.00

340.00

Furrow irrigation

acin

1.0 0

Aug

6.88

55.5 0

2.000

15.0 0

2.0000

77.38

Other labor

hour

1.00

Aug

4.0000

7.50

30.00

30.00

BooAmmbsupsrhayer

12 ft
pt

2 3

0.190

1.00

Sep

0.7 0

0.3 1

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.5 7

0.250 0

13.88

3.47

3.12

3.47

Dipel

CuBlutfifveartor 1R

pt

1.0000

3.00

3.00

3.00

3 pftt

23

1.530

1.0 0

Se p

5.6 3

2.5 3

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.6 2

1.0000

2.00

2.00

2.00

21.76

Furrow irrigation
Cultivator 1R

acin

1.00

Sep

6.88

2.000

15.00

2.000 0

21.88

3 ft

2 3

10 ..1539 00

1.00

Oct

5.6 3

02.. 35 13

0.40

00..2578

1.683

12.62

21.76

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

1.00

Oct

0.70

0.26

0.209

1.57

3.12

Ambush

pt

0.250 0

13.88

3.47

3.47

DBiupfefler

pt

1.0000

3.00

3.00

3.00

pt

1.0000

2.00

2.00

2.00

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

2 3

1.530

1.0 0

Oc t

5.6 3

2.5 3

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.6 2

21.76

Furrow irrigation

acin

1.00

Oct

6.88

2.000

15.00

2.000 0

21.88

Boom sprayer
Poast

12 ft

2 3

0.190

1.00

Oct

0.7 0

0.3 1

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

pt

1.000 0

12.56

12.56

12.56

Crop oil

pt

2.0000

0.78

1.56

1.56

Blanching labor
Trailer utility

hour

1.0 0

No v

15.0000

7.50

112.50

112.50

10 ft

2 3

1.000

2.00

Nov

7.3 6

3.3 1

0.80

2.86

2.20 0

16.5 0

30.82

Harvest labor

Packing labor

hour

1.00

Nov

30.000 0

7.50

225.00

225.00

hour

1.00

Nov

11.0000

7.50

82.50

82.50

Packing boxes

each

1.00

Nov

300.0000

1.10

330.00

330.00

Pickup truck
Disk 2R

½ ton

1.000

10.00

Nov

401..53 68

33.63

10.000

75.0 0

150.19

6 ft

4 3

0.570

1.00

Nov

2.8 9

1.4 6

0.54

0.627

4.70

9.97

TOTALS

---6-3-.-2-0 -

--2-8-.8--7 -

--6-8.-8-8-

--1-0-1.--55-

-4-6-.1-7-2-

--3-4-6-.-2-9

-1-4-1-2.--31-

-2-0-21-.-0--9

INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL

38.82

UNALLOCATED LABOR

0.00

TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

2059.91

H-18



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