PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 20.B Summary of estimated costs per acre, Potato (Sweet), fresh and process
blend, six-row field equipment, two-row riding harvester, average yield, Louisiana,

ITEM

UNIT

PRICE QUANTITY

AMOUNT

YOUR FARM

DIRECT EXPENSE S

___d_o_l_l_a_r_s___________

_d_o_l_l_a_r_s___

FERTILIZER

acre

65.00     1.0000

65.00

HERBICIDES

acre

9.84     1.0000

9.84

HIRED LABOR

acre

172.50     1.0000

172.50

INSECTICIDES

acre

94.35     1.0000

94.35

PACK & HARVEST ITEMS

acre

383.70     1.0000

383.70

SEED

acre

118.96     1.0000

118.96

HARVEST LABOR

acre

180.00     1.0000

180.00

OPERATOR LABOR

hour

7.50     9.9730

74.80

HAND LABOR

hour

7.50    10.5000

78.75

DIESEL FUEL

gal
kWh
gal

0.85    17.7780

15.11

ELECTRICITY
GASOLINE

01..0190       176..70040000

107..6649

_________

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

acre

50.99     1.0000

50.99

INTEREST ON OP. CAP.

TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES

TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES

TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES

acre

26.08     1.0000

26.08

-1--2-88-.-4--1

89.11

--------

1377.51

__________________

Table 20.C Effects of yields and prices on net returns per acre above
total direct expenses, Potato (Sweet), fresh and process blend, six-row
equipment, two-row riding harvester, average yield, Louisiana, 1997.

Yield
(Cwt)

-------

6.00

--------------Price Per Cwt-------------

---------

10.00

7.00

8.00

9.00

125.00

____-_--_-_-__-_-

-383.41

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_--__N_e_t

-258.41

__R_e_t_u_r_n_s _P__e_r_
-133.41

A_c__re__--_-_-_-_-_-__-_-_

-8.41

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
116.59

150.00

-310.91

-160.91

-10.91

139.09

289.09

175.00

-238.41

-63.41

111.59

286.59

461.59

200.00

-165.91

34.09

234.09

434.09

634.09

225.00

-93.41

131.59

356.59

581.59

806.59

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