PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 10.A Estimated resource use and costs per acre for field operations, Cucumbers (hybrid),
equipment, average yield, Louisiana, 1997.

irrigated, fresh market, one-row

TRACTOR COST

EQUIP COST

ALLOC LABOR

OPERATING

INPUT

OPERATION/

SIZE/

TRACTOR

DΓDΓ ТТ1Ы1ГС

TOTAL

OPERATING INPUT

UNIT

SIZE

RATE OVER

MT H

-D-I-R-EC--T--

--F-I-XE--D

-D-I-R-EC--T--

--F-IX-E-D-

-H-O-UR--S--

---C-OS--T

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

--P-RI-C-E--

----CO--ST-

COST

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

_-_-_-_-d__ol__l

_a_r_s_--__--__-

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

_d_o_l_la__rs__

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

_d_o_l_la__rs__-

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

Lime (spread)

cwt

1

.00

Jan

6.6000

1.60

10.56

10.56

Disk 2R

6 ft

4 3

0.570  1

.00

Jan

2.8 9

1.4 6

0.3 8

0.54

0.62 7
1.254

4.7 0

9.97

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570  2

.00

Mar

5.79

2.92

0.75

1.07

9.40

19.94

Middle buster 1R

3 ft

23

1.530  1

.00

Mar

5.63

2.53

00..9221

0.31

1.683

1122..7629

21.31

Hip8p-e2r4--f2e4rt 1R

3 ft
lb

23

1.550  1

.00

Mar

5.71

2.56

1.29

1.705

500.000 0

0.13

65.00

23.26

65.00

Hipper 1R

3 ft

2 3

1.530  1

.0 0

Mar

5.6 3

2.5 3

0.5 0

0.72

1.68 3

12.6 2

22.01

Row conditioner 1R

Planter 1R

6 ft

23

0.410  1

.00

Apr

1.51

0.68

0.08

0.12

0.451

3.38

5.77

3 ft

23

1.500  1

.00

Apr

5.52

2.48

0.35

0.56

1.650

12.38

21.29

Cucumber seed

lb

1.000 0

50.00

50.00

50.00

BooCmursbpirtayer

12 ft

2 3

0.190  1

.0 0

Ap r

0.7 0

0.3 1

0.2 6

0.28

0.20 9

1.5 7

3.12

pt

3.000 0

4.54

13.62

13.62

Furrow irrigation
Other labor

acin

1.0 0

Apr

6.88

55.5 0

2.000

15.00

120..00000000

77.38

hour

1

.00

Apr

7.50

75.00

75.00

Boom sprayer

12 ft

2 3

0.190  1

.00

Apr

0.7 0

0.31

0.2 6

0.28

0.20 9

1.5 7

3.12

Thiodan
Cult-fert 1R

lb

0.500 0

8.00

4.00

4.00

3 ft

2 3

1.610  1.00

Ap r

5.9 3

2.6 6

0.5 7

0.81

1.77 1

13.2 8

23.24

Ammonium Nitrate 33% lb

100.000 0

0.13

13.00

13.00

BooBm sprayer

12 ft
pt

2 3

0.190  1.00

Apr

0.7 0

0.3 1

0.2 6

0.28

0.20 9

1.5 7

1.500 0

6.38

9.57

3.12

9.57

Boom sprayer
Poast

12 ft

2 3

0.190  1.0 0

May

0.7 0

0.3 1

0.2 6

0.28

0.20 9

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

Boom sprayer

12 ft

2 3

0.190  1.00

Ma y

0.7 0

0.3 1

0.2 6

0.28

0.20 9

1.5 7

3.12

Benlate

lb

0.500 0

15.80

7.90

7.90

Furrow irrigation

acin

1.0 0

May

6.88

0 .22.00900

15.00

2.0000

21.88

Boom sprayer

12 ft

2 3

0.190  1.00

May

0.7 0

0.3 1

0.26

0.28

1.57

3.12

Sevin

lb

0.600 0

4.40

2.64

2.64

Bravo

Other labor

pt
hour

1

.00

Ma y

18..50000000

6.38

7.50

690.. 50 70

9.57

60.00

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

2 3

1.530  1

.00

May

5.6 3

2.5 3

0.4 0

0.57

1.68 3

12.6 2

21.76

Furrow irrigation

acin

1.00

May

6.88

0.2.200 09 0

15.00

2.000 0

21.88

BooSmevsipnrayer

12 ft

2 3

0.190  1.00

Jun

0.7 0

0.3 1

0.26

0.28

1.57

3.12

lb

0.600 0

4.40

2.64

2.64

Bravo
Benlate

pltb

1.5000
0.5000

165..8308

9.57

7.90

9.57

7.90

Furrow irrigation

acin

1.00

Jun

6.88

2.000

15.00

2.0000

21.88

Harvest labor

bu

1

.00

Jun

300.0000

1.0 0

300.00

300.00

harvest container

Packing labor

each

1

.00

Jun

8.0000

3.00

24.00

24.00

hour

1

.00

Jun

30.0000

7.50

225.00

225.00

Packing boxes

each

.00

Jun

300.0000

1.10

330.00

330.00

Pickup truck

Shredder 1R

½ ton

1.000 110

0.740  1

.00

Jun

410..2586

33.63

100..801040

75.0 0

150.19

5 ft

2 3

.00

Jun

2.7 2

1.2 2

0.74

6.11

11.08

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570  2.00

Jul

5.79

2.92

0.75

1.07

1.254

9.40

19.94

TOTALS

--5-7-.6--5 -

--2-6-.6--9 -

--7-6-.1--1 -

--9-8.-8-9-

-3-4-.-03--8 -

-2-5-5-.2--9

-1-2-3-4.--09-

-1-7-48-.-7--2

INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL

24.53

UNALLOCATED LABOR
TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

0.00

1773.25

H-22



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