PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 14.A Estimated resource use and costs per acre for field operations, Peas (Southern), nonvining, fresh market, one-row equipment,
average yield, Louisiana, 1997.

TRACTOR COST

EQU

IP COST

ALLOC LABOR

OPERATING

INPUT

O P E RA T I O N/

S I Z E /

T R A C T O R

P E R F

T I M E S

TOTAL

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OPERATING INPUT

UNIT

SIZE

RATE

OVER

M T H

DIRECT

FIXED

DIRECT

FIXED

HOURS

COST

AMOUNT

- -P-RI-C-E--

COST

COST

_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

_-_-_-_-d__ol__l

_a_r_s_--__--__-

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

__d_o_l_l_a_r_s_

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

_d_o_l_la__rs__-

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

Lime (spread)

cwt

1.00

Feb

6.6000

1.60

10.56

10.56

Disk 2R

6 ft

3

0 .5 7 0

1.00

Feb

2 . 8 9

12 ..9 26

0 .3 8

0. 5

0 .6 2 7

. 7 0

9.97

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

2.00

Apr

5.79

0.75

1.07

1.254

9.40

19.94

Disk-pre-1-2R

6 ft

23

0.590

1.00

Apr

2.17

0.98

0.49

0.70

0.649

4.87

9.21

Treflan

pt

1 . 2 5 0 0

3. 7 5

. 69

4.69

Dual

pt

1.5000

7.85

11.78

11.78

Hipper-fert 1R

3 ft

2 3

1 .5 5 0

1. 0 0

Apr

5 . 7 1

2 .5 6

0 .9 1

1. 2 9

1 .7 0 5

1 2 . 7 9

23.26

8-24-24

lb

3 0 0 . 0 0 0 0

0. 1 3

3 9. 00

39.00

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 .6 8 3

1 2 . 6 2

22.01

Row conditioner 1R

Planter 1R

Southern pea seed

6 ft

3 ft

23

23

01..50100

1.00

1.00

Apr

Apr

15..5512

0.68
2.48

0.08
0.35

00..5162

01..65501

132..3388

5.77

21.29

lb

3 0 . 0 0 0 0

1. 25

3 7. 50

37.50

Boom sprayer
Thiodan

12 ft

2 3

0 .1 9 0

1. 0 0

A p r

0 . 7 0

0 .3 1

0 .2 6

0. 2 8

0 .2 0 9

1 . 5 7

3.12

lb

1 . 0 0 0 0

8. 0 0

8. 00

8.00

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

2 3

1 .5 3 0

1. 0 0

May

5 . 6 3

2 . 53

0 . 0

0. 5 7

1 .6 8 3

1 2 . 6 2

21.76

Other labor

hour
3 ft

1.00

May

1 0 . 0 0 0 0

7. 5 0

7 5. 00

75.00

Cultivator 1R

2 3

1 .5 3 0

1.00

May

5 . 6 3

2 .5 3

0 . 0

0. 5 7

1 .6 8 3

1 2 . 6 2

21.76

Boom sprayer
Poast

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

May

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

pt

1 . 0 0 0 0

1 2. 5 6

1 2. 56

12.56

Crop oil

pt

2.0000

0.78

1.56

1.56

Boom sprayer

12 ft

2 3

0 .1 9 0

1. 0 0

M a y

0 . 7 0

0 .3 1

0 .2 6

0. 2 8

0 .2 0 9

1 . 5 7

3.12

Sevin
Cultivator 1R
Boom sprayer

lb

1 . 2 5 0 0

. 4 0

5. 50

5.50

3 ft

2 3

1 .5 3 0

1. 0 0

Jun

5 . 6 3

2 .5 3

0 . 0

0. 5 7

1 .6 8 3

1 2 . 6 2

21.76

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Jun

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Thiodan

lb

1 . 0 0 0 0

8. 0 0

8. 00

8.00

Harvest Labor

bu

1. 0 0

J u l

100.0000

5.00

500.00

500.00

harvest container

Packing labor

each

8.0000

3.00

24.00

24.00

hour

6.0000

7.50

45.00

45.00

Bushel hampers

Pickup truck

each

27.0000

2.16

58.32

58.32

½ ton

1 .0 0 0

3. 0 0

J u l

1 2 . 7

1 0. 0 9

3 .0 0 0

2 2 . 5 0

45.06

Disk 2R

6 ft

3

0.570

1.00

Jul

2 . 8 9

1 . 6

0.38

0.54

0.627

4.70

9.97

T O T A L S

------- -

51.81

------ -

23.91

------ -

18.57

- -1-8.-4-7-

------

17.531

- -1-3-1-.--8

- -8--1.-- 6-

-1-0-85-.-7--0

INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL

16.70

UNALLOCATED LABOR
TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

0.00

1102.40

H-30



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