PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 21.B Summary of estimated costs per acre, Shallots, fresh market, one
equipment, average yield, Louisiana, 1997.

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

78.44     1.0000

78.44

HIRED LABOR

acre

150.00     1.0000

150.00

INSECTICIDES

acre

14.91     1.0000

14.91

PACK & HARVEST ITEMS
SEED

acre
acre

548.00     1.0000

300.00     1.0000

548.00

300.00

_________

HARVEST LABOR

acre

1237.50     1.0000

1237.50

OPERATOR LABOR

hour

7.50    28.1870

211.40

DIESEL FUEL
GASOLINE

gal
gal

0.85    11.7450

1.10    40.3120

9.98

44.34

_________

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

acre

59.02     1.0000

59.02

INTEREST ON OP. CAP.

TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES

TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES

TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES

acre

54.19     1.0000

54.19

--------

2772.79

69.50

-2--8-42-.-2--9

__________________

row


Table 21.C Effects of yields and prices on net returns per acre above
total direct expenses, Shallots, fresh market, one-row equipment, average
yield, Louisiana, 199,7.     ,        ,,

Yield

_____________

-Pric e2Pe0r0

Bunch---------

----------

(Doz Bunches)

----1-.6-0----

------1-.-8-0---

unc ---2-.-20----

------2-.--4-0

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

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_Ne__t_

_R_e_t_u_r_n_s__P_e_r

__A_c_r_e_-_-_-_-_--__-_-_-

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

1000.00

-334.04

-134.04

65.96

265.96

465.96

1500.00

46.59

346.59

646.59

946.59

1246.59

2000.00

427.21

827.21

1227.21

1627.21

2027.21

2500.00

807.84

1307.84

1807.84

2307.84

2807.84

3000.00

1188.46

1788.46

2388.46

2988.46

3588.46

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