PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 34.A Estimated resource use and costs per acre for field operations, Peas (Southern), fresh market, one-row equipment, machine
harvest, 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--

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Lime (spread)

cwt

1.00

Feb

6.6000

1.60

10.56

10.56

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

2.00

Feb

5.79

2.92

0.75

1.07

1.254

9.40

19.94

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

300.0000

0.13

39.00

39.00

Hipper 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Mar

5.63

2.53

0.50

0.72

1.683

12.62

22.01

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

Apr

5.52

2.48

0.35

0.56

1.650

12.38

21.29

Southern pea seed

lb

45.0000

1.25

56.25

56.25

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Apr

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Dual

pt

1.5000

7.85

11.78

11.78

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

May

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Thiodan

lb

1.0000

8.00

8.00

8.00

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

Pursuit

oz

2.0000

4.98

9.96

9.96

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

1.2500

4.40

5.50

5.50

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Jun

5.63

2.53

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.62

21.76

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Jun

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Thiodan

lb

1.0000

8.00

8.00

8.00

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

Packing sacks

each

25.0000

0.50

12.50

12.50

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 sheller

acre

1.00

Jul

4.75

7.55

6.500

48.75

1.0000

61.05

Packing labor

hour

2.0000

7.50

15.00

15.00

Plastic bag, seali

ng each

75.0000

0.10

7.50

7.50

Pickup truck

½ ton

1.000

3.00

Jul

12.47

10.09

3.000

22.50

45.06

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

1.00

Jul

2.89

1.46

0.38

0.54

0.627

4.70

9.97

TOTALS

INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL

UNALLOCATED LABOR

TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

-

55.89

-------

26.54

-------

31.11

38.94

24.108

180.81

184.05

517.34

24.09

0.00

541.42

H-70



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