PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 28.A Estimated resource use and costs per acre for field operations, Beans (Snap), fresh market, one-row equipment,
average yield, mechanical harvest, production parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist, 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

1.00

Feb

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

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Mar

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Treflan

pt

1.2500

3.75

4.69

4.69

Dual

pt

1.5000

7.85

11.78

11.78

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

1.00

Mar

2.89

1.46

0.38

0.54

0.627

4.70

9.97

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

8-24-24

lb

400.0000

0.13

52.00

52.00

Hipper 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

2.00

Mar

11.26

5.06

1.01

1.44

3.366

25.25

44.01

Row conditioner 1R

6 ft

23

0.410

1.00

Mar

1.51

0.68

0.08

0.12

0.451

3.38

5.77

Planter 1R

3 ft

23

1.500

1.00

Mar

5.52

2.48

0.35

0.56

1.650

12.38

21.29

Snap bean seeds

lbs

60.0000

1.60

96.00

96.00

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Apr

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Orthene

lbs

0.5000

11.80

5.90

5.90

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Apr

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Orthene

lbs

0.5000

11.80

5.90

5.90

Bravo

pt

1.5000

6.38

9.57

9.57

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Apr

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Basagran

pt

1.0000

8.29

8.29

8.29

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

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

May

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Diazinon 4E

pt

0.5000

5.49

2.75

2.75

Benlate

lb

1.0000

15.80

15.80

15.80

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

lbs

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

Jun

7.50

4.17

8.03

12.49

1.100

8.25

40.44

Vegetable bin

each

3.0000

40.00

120.00

120.00

Trailer utility

10 ft

23

1.000

1.00

Jun

3.68

1.65

0.40

1.43

1.100

8.25

15.41

Dry packing line

acre

1.00

Jun

1.50

8.76

1.0000

10.26

Packing labor

hour

15.0000

7.50

112.50

112.50

Bushel hampers

each

1.00

Jun

125.0000

2.16

270.00

270.00

Pickup truck

1/2 ton

1.000

5.00

Jun

20.78

16.81

5.000

37.50

75.09

Fork lift

1.000

1.00

Jun

3.08

4.58

1.000

7.50

15.16

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

1.00

Jun

2.89

1.46

0.38

0.54

0.627

4.70

9.97

TOTALS

60.18

28.63

40.25

52.70

21.653

162.40

760.05

1104.21

INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL

17.35

UNALLOCATED LABOR

0.00

TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

1121.56

H-58



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