PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 26.A Estimated resource use and costs per acre for field operations, Watermelons, fresh market, one-row equipment, average yield,
Louisiana, 1997.

OPERATION/

OPERATING INPUT

SIZE/

UNIT

TRACTOR
SIZE

PERF

RATE

TIMES

OVER

MTH

TRACTOR COST

EQUIP COST

ALLOC LABOR

OPERATING

INPUT

TOTAL

COST

DIRECT

------

FIXED

--------

DIRECT

------

FIXED

HOURS

COST

AMOUNT

PRICE

COST

--------

----doll

ars-----

------

dollars

-------

dollars-

-------

Lime (spread)

cwt

1.00

Feb

6.6000

1.60

10.56

10.56

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

2.00

Feb

5.79

2.92

0.75

1.07

1.254

9.40

19.94

Middle buster 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Feb

5.63

2.53

0.22

0.31

1.683

12.62

21.31

Hipper-fert 1R

3 ft

23

1.550

1.00

Mar

5.71

2.56

0.91

1.29

1.705

12.79

23.26

10-20-20

lb

500.0000

0.10

50.00

50.00

Hipper 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Mar

5.63

2.53

0.50

0.72

1.683

12.62

22.01

Planter 1R

3 ft

23

1.500

1.00

Mar

5.52

2.48

0.35

0.56

1.650

12.38

21.29

Watermelon seed

lb

1.0000

12.50

12.50

12.50

Other labor

hour

2.0000

7.50

15.00

15.00

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Mar

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Curbit

pt

3.0000

4.54

13.62

13.62

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Apr

5.63

2.53

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.62

21.76

Other labor

hour

1.00

Apr

10.0000

7.50

75.00

75.00

Cult-fert 1R

3 ft

23

1.610

1.00

Apr

5.93

2.66

0.57

0.81

1.771

13.28

23.24

Ammonium Nitrate 33% lb

75.0000

0.13

9.75

9.75

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Apr

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Thiodan

lb

0.5000

8.00

4.00

4.00

Bravo

pt

1.5000

6.38

9.57

9.57

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Apr

5.63

2.53

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.62

21.76

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Apr

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Thiodan

lb

0.5000

8.00

4.00

4.00

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Apr

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Poast

pt

1.0000

12.56

12.56

12.56

Crop oil

pt

2.0000

0.78

1.56

1.56

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

May

5.63

2.53

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.62

21.76

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

May

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Sevin

lb

0.6000

4.40

2.64

2.64

Bravo

pt

1.5000

6.38

9.57

9.57

Other labor

hour

1.00

Jun

10.0000

7.50

75.00

75.00

Trailer utility

10 ft

23

1.000

5.00

Jul

18.41

8.27

2.00

7.14

5.500

41.25

77.06

Harvest labor

hour

1.00

Jul

40.0000

7.50

300.00

300.00

Pickup truck

½ ton

1.000

5.00

Jul

20.78

16.81

5.000

37.50

75.09

Shredder 1R

5 ft

23

0.740

1.00

Jul

2.72

1.22

0.28

0.74

0.814

6.11

11.08

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

1.00

Jul

2.89

1.46

0.38

0.54

0.627

4.70

9.97

TOTALS

78.62

35.79

29.26

33.12

27.781

208.36

605.33

990.48

INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL

20.27

UNALLOCATED LABOR

0.00

TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

1010.75

H-54



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