PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 32.A (continued)

LABOR

OPERATING INPUT

TOTAL

COST

OPERATION/

OPERATING INPUT

SIZE /

UNIT

TRACTOR
SIZE

PERF

RATE

TIMES
OVER

MTH

TRACTOR COST

EQUIP COST

ALLOC

DIRECT

FIXED

DIRECT

FIXED

HOURS

---C-OS--T

AMOUNT

PRICE

---C-O--S-T

---------

---dollars-----

------

dollars

-------

dollars-

-------

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Jul

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Ambush

pt

0.8000

13.88

11.10

11.10

Buffer

pt

1.0000

2.00

2.00

2.00

Trailer utility

10 ft

23

1.000

2.00

Aug

7.36

3.31

0.80

2.86

2.200

16.50

30.82

Harvest labor

hour

1.00

Aug

60.000 0

7.50

450.00

450.00

harvest container

each

1.00

Aug

4.0000

3.00

12.00

12.00

Packing labor

hour

1.00

Aug

30.0000

7.50

225.00

225.00

Other labor

hour

1.00

Aug

2.5000

7.50

18.75

18.75

Packing boxes

each

1.00

Aug

300.0000

1.10

330.00

330.00

Shredder 1R

5 ft

2 3

0.740

1.00

Aug

2.72

1.2 2

0.2 8

0.74

0.81 4

6.11

11.08

Trailer utility

10 ft

23

1.000

1.00

Aug

3.68

1.65

0.40

1.43

1.100

8.25

15.41

Other labor

hour

8.000 0

7.50

60.00

60.00

Coulter

1 row

23

1.500

1.00

Sep

5.52

2.48

0.19

0.28

1.650

12.38

20.85

Other labor

hour

15.000 0

7.50

112.50

112.50

Pickup truck

1/2 ton

1.000

1.00

Sep

4.16

3.36

1.000

7.50

15.02

Disk 2R

6 ft

4 3

0.570

2.00

Sep

5.79

2.9 2

0.75

1.07

1.254

9.40

19.94

TOTALS

---------

94.35

43.46

34.44

62.02

38.787

290.90

2714.46

-3-2-39-.-6--2

INTEREST ON OPERATING

CAPITAL

114.82

UNALLOCATED LABOR

0.00

TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

3354.44

Table 32.B Summary of estimated costs per acre, Eggplant, plastic mulch, trellis,
one-row equipment, 60 inch skip rows, drip irrigation, production parameters specified by
Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM

UNIT

PRICE

QUANTITY

AMOUNT

YOUR FARM

DIRECT EXPENSES
FERTILIZER

acre

dollars

157.56

1.0000

dollars

157.56

FUNGICIDES

acre

9.57

1.0000

9.57

HERBICIDES

acre

20.79

1.0000

20.79

HIRED LABOR

acre

573.75

1.0000

573.75

INSECTICIDES

acre

85.04

1.0000

85.04

PACK & HARVEST ITEMS

acre

342.00

1.0000

342.00

STAKES & TWINE

acre

305.00

1.0000

305.00

PLASTIC

acre

410.00

1.0000

410.00

PLANTS

acre

100.00

1.0000

100.00

CUSTOM

acre

35.75

1.0000

35.75

HARVEST LABOR

acre

675.00

1.0000

675.00

OPERATOR LABOR

hour

7.50

30.5870

229.40

HAND LABOR

hour

7.50

6.0000

45.00

IRRIGATION LABOR

hour

7.50

2.2000

16.50

DIESEL FUEL

gal

0.85

10.3950

8.84

GASOLINE

gal

1.10

35.0120

38.51

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

acre

81.44

1.0000

81.44

INTEREST ON OP. CAP.

acre

114.82

1.0000

114.82

TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES

-3--2-48-.-9--7

TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES

105.47

TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSE S

-3--3-54-.-4--4

Table 32.C Effects of yields and prices on net returns per acre above total direct
expenses, Eggplant, plastic mulch, standard trellis, one-row equipment, 60" skip
rows, fresh market, drip irrigation, high yield, production parameters specified by
Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

Yield
(Bushels)

----------

5.75

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

----------

9.75

6.75

7.75

8.75

___-_-_-_-_-_-_--__-_-

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

_-_-_-_-_--_-_-__-_-

540.0 0

57.03

597.03

1137.03

1677.03

2217.03

570.00

129.03

699.03

1269.03

1839.03

2409.03

600.00

201.03

801.03

1401.03

2001.03

2601.03

630.00

273.03

903.03

1533.03

2163.03

2793.03

660.00

345.03

1005.03

1665.03

2325.03

2985.03

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