PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 30.B Summary of estimated costs per acre, Cucumber (trellis), hybrid, skip
row (1x1), fresh market, one-row equipment, irrigated, average yield, production
parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM

UNIT

PRICE

QUANTITY

AMOUNT

YOUR FARM

DIRECT EXPENSES
FERTILIZER

acre

dollars

108.06

1.0000

dollars

108.06

FUNGICIDES

acre

112.72

1.0000

112.72

HERBICIDES

acre

30.01

1.0000

30.01

HIRED LABOR

acre

735.00

1.0000

735.00

INSECTICIDES

acre

40.56

1.0000

40.56

PACK & HARVEST ITEMS

acre

442.00

1.0000

442.00

SEED

acre

50.00

1.0000

50.00

STAKES & TWINE

acre

264.00

1.0000

264.00

CUSTOM

acre

10.40

1.0000

10.40

HARVEST LABOR

acre

975.00

1.0000

975.00

OPERATOR LABOR

hour

7.50

18.1170

135.88

IRRIGATION LABOR

hour

7.50

3.7000

27.75

DIESEL FUEL

gal

0.85

21.7950

18.53

ELECTRICITY

kWh

0.09

5.2500

0.47

GASOLINE

gal

1.10

21.7920

23.97

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

acre

50.82

1.0000

50.82

INTEREST ON OP. CAP.

acre

67.24

1.0000

67.24

_________

TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES

TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES

TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES

-3--0-92-.-4--1

89.19

-3--1-81-.-6--0

_________

Table 30.C Effects of yields and prices on net returns per acre above total direct
expenses, Cucumber, trellis, hybrid, skip row, fresh market, one-row equipment, irrigated,
production parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

Yield
(Bushels)

---------

3.75

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

----------

9.75

5.25

6.75

8.25

____-_-_-_-_-_--__-_-

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

----------

280.00

-1675.83

-1255.83

-835.83      -

415.83

4.17

330.00

-1671.62

-1176.62

-681.62      -

186.62

308.38

380.00

-1667.41

-1097.41

-527.41

42.59

612.59

430.00

-1663.20

-1018.20

-373.20

271.80

916.80

480.00

-1658.99

-938.99

-218.99

501.01

1221.01

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