PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 27.A Estimated resource use and costs per acre for field operations, Beans (Butter), shelled fresh market,, one-row equipment
average yield, mechanical harvest, shelled beans, production parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

OPERATION/

OPERATING INPUT

SIZE/

UNIT

TRACTOR PERF

SIZE    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

Jan

6.6000

1.60

10.56

10.56

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

1.00

Jan

2.89

1.46

0.38

0.54

0.627

4.70

9.97

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

2.00

Mar

5.79

2.92

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

1.2500

3.75

4.69

4.69

Dual

pt

1.5000

7.85

11.78

11.78

Hipper-fert 1R

3 ft

23

1.550

1.00

Apr

5.71

2.56

0.91

1.29

1.705

12.79

23.26

8-24-24

lb

400.0000

0.13

52.00

52.00

Hipper 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Apr

5.63

2.53

0.50

0.72

1.683

12.62

22.01

Row conditioner

1R

6 ft

23

0.410

1.00

Apr

1.51

0.68

0.08

0.12

0.451

3.38

5.77

Planter 1R

3 ft

23

1.500

1.00

Apr

5.52

2.48

0.35

0.56

1.650

12.38

21.29

Butter bean s

eed

lb

60.0000

1.25

75.00

75.00

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

Basagran

pt

1.0000

8.29

8.29

8.29

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

May

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Orthene

lb

0.5000

11.80

5.90

5.90

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

May

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Bravo

pt

1.5000

6.38

9.57

9.57

Orthene

lb

0.5000

11.80

5.90

5.90

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

Poast

pt

1.0000

12.56

12.56

12.56

Crop oil

pt

2.0000

0.78

1.56

1.56

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Jun

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Orthene

lb

0.5000

11.80

5.90

5.90

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Jun

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Sevin

lb

1.0000

4.40

4.40

4.40

Benlate

lb

1.0000

15.80

15.80

15.80

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Jul

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Sevin

lb

1.0000

4.40

4.40

4.40

Benlate

lb

1.0000

15.80

15.80

15.80

Bean harvester

1R

3 ft

68

1.000

1.00

Jul

7.50

4.17

8.03

12.49

1.100

8.25

40.44

Harvest sacks

each

30.0000

0.55

16.50

16.50

Other labor

hour

1.0000

7.50

7.50

7.50

Trailer utility

10 ft

23

1.000

1.00

Jul

3.68

1.65

0.40

1.43

1.100

8.25

15.41

Bean/pea shel

ler

acre

4.75

7.55

6.500

48.75

1.0000

61.05

Other labor

hour

2.0000

7.50

15.00

15.00

Plastic bag,

sealing each

50.0000

0.10

5.00

5.00

Pickup truck

½ ton

1.000

5.00

Jul

20.78

16.81

5.000

37.50

75.09

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

2.00

Jul

5.79

2.92

0.75

1.07

1.254

9.40

19.94

TOTALS

INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL

UNALLOCATED LABOR

TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

-

62.35

29.61

40.81

47.47

27.802

-------

208.52

288.10

676.85

31.60

0.00

708.46

H-56



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