PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 26.B Summary of estimated costs per acre, Watermelons, fresh market, one-row
equipment, average yield, Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM

UNIT

PRICE

QUANTITY

AMOUNT

YOUR FARM

DIRECT EXPENSES
FERTILIZER

acre

dollars

70.31

1.0000

dollars

70.31

FUNGICIDES

acre

19.14

1.0000

19.14

HERBICIDES

acre

27.74

1.0000

27.74

HIRED LABOR

acre

165.00

1.0000

165.00

INSECTICIDES

acre

10.64

1.0000

10.64

SEED

acre

12.50

1.0000

12.50

HARVEST LABOR

acre

300.00

1.0000

300.00

OPERATOR LABOR

hour

7.50

27.7810

208.36

DIESEL FUEL

gal

0.85

4.6170

3.92

GASOLINE

gal

1.10

42.9000

47.19

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

acre

56.77

1.0000

56.77

INTEREST ON OP. CAP.

acre

20.27

1.0000

20.27

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TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES

TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES

TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES

---9-41-.-8--3

68.91

-1--0-10-.-7--5

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Table 26.C Effects of yields and prices on net returns per acre above
total direct expenses, Watermelons, fresh market, one-row equipment,
average yield, Louisiana, 1997.

Yield
(Cwt)

----------

4.00

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

---------

6.00

4.50

5.00

5.50

----------

--------Net

Returns Per

Acre---------

---------

160.00

-241.83

-161.83

-81.83

-1.83

78.17

180.00

-191.83

-101.83

-11.83

78.17

168.17

200.00

-141.83

-41.83

58.17

158.17

258.17

220.00

-91.83

18.17

128.17

238.17

348.17

240.00

-41.83

78.17

198.17

318.17

438.17

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