PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 28.B Summary of estimated costs per acre, Beans (Snap), fresh market, one-row
equipment, average yield, mechanical harvest, production parameters specified by
Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM

UNIT

PRICE

QUANTITY

AMOUNT

YOUR FARM

DIRECT EXPENSES
FERTILIZER

acre

dollars

62.56

1.0000

dollars

62.56

FUNGICIDES

acre

41.17

1.0000

41.17

HERBICIDES

acre

38.87

1.0000

38.87

INSECTICIDES

acre

18.95

1.0000

18.95

PACK & HARVEST ITEMS

acre

390.00

1.0000

390.00

SEED

acre

96.00

1.0000

96.00

HARVEST LABOR

acre

112.50

1.0000

112.50

OPERATOR LABOR

hour

7.50

21.6530

162.40

DIESEL FUEL

gal

0.85

11.8950

10.11

ELECTRICITY

kWh

0.09

1.1500

0.10

GASOLINE

gal

1.10

30.6080

33.67

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

acre

56.55

1.0000

56.55

INTEREST ON OP. CAP.

acre

17.35

1.0000

17.35

_________

TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES

TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES

TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES

-1--0-40-.-2--3

81.33

-1--1-21-.-5--6

_________

Table 28.C Effects of yields and prices on net returns per acre above
total direct expenses, Beans (Snap), fresh market, one-row equipment,
machine harvest, production parameters specified by Extension Horticulture
Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

Yield
(Bushels)

----------

9.00

---------Price Per Bushel------------

----------

15.00

10.50

12.00

13.50

----------

--------Net Returns Per Acre---------

----------

95.00

-129.37

13.13

155.63

298.13

440.63

110.00

-22.30

142.70

307.70

472.70

637.70

125.00

84.77

272.27

459.77

647.27

834.77

140.00

191.84

401.84

611.84

821.84

1031.84

155.00

298.91

531.41

763.91

996.41

1228.91

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