PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 34.B Summary of estimated costs per acre, Peas (Southern), fresh market,
one-row equipment, machine harvest, production parameters specified by
Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM

UNIT

PRICE

QUANTITY

AMOUNT

YOUR FARM

DIRECT EXPENSES
FERTILIZER

acre

dollars

49.56

1.0000

dollars

49.56

HERBICIDES

acre

21.74

1.0000

21.74

INSECTICIDES

acre

21.50

1.0000

21.50

PACK & HARVEST ITEMS

acre

20.00

1.0000

20.00

SEED

acre

56.25

1.0000

56.25

HARVEST LABOR

acre

15.00

1.0000

15.00

OPERATOR LABOR

hour

7.50

17.6080

132.06

HAND LABOR

hour

7.50

6.5000

48.75

DIESEL FUEL

gal

0.85

10.3560

8.80

ELECTRICITY

kWh

0.09

12.7500

1.15

GASOLINE

gal

1.10

23.5000

25.85

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

acre

51.20

1.0000

51.20

INTEREST ON OP. CAP.

acre

24.09

1.0000

24.09

_________

TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES

TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES

TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES

---4-75-.-9--4

65.48

--------

541.42

_________

Table 34.C Effects of yields and prices on net returns per acre above total
direct expenses, Peas (Southern), fresh market, one-row equipment, machine
harvest, production parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist,
Louisiana, 1997.

Yield
(Bushels)

----------

13.00

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

----------

17.00

14.00

15.00

16.00

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

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

----------

45.00

157.36

202.36

247.36

292.36

337.36

60.00

328.21

388.21

448.21

508.21

568.21

75.00

499.06

574.06

649.06

724.06

799.06

90.00

669.91

759.91

849.91

939.91

1029.91

105.00

840.76

945.76

1050.76

1155.76

1260.76

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