PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 35.A Estimated resource use and costs per acre for field operations, Irish Potatoes for spring chipping market, six-row equipment,
machine harvest, average yield, production parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

OPERATION/

OPERATING INPUT

SIZE/

UNIT

TRACTOR
SIZE

PERF

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-

-------

Disk 6R

20 ft

143

0.100

2.00

Nov

2.76

2.05

1.10

1.57

0.220

1.65

9.13

Chisel plow

20 ft

143

0.090

1.00

Nov

1.24

0.92

0.24

0.34

0.099

0.74

3.48

Disk 6R

20 ft

143

0.100

1.00

Nov

1.38

1.02

0.55

0.78

0.110

0.83

4.56

Hipper 6R

20 ft

143

0.090

1.00

Nov

1.24

0.92

0.23

0.32

0.099

0.74

3.45

Ditcher

1.5 ft

23

0.050

1.00

Nov

0.18

0.08

0.09

0.13

0.055

0.41

0.90

Fertilizer app (R)

20 ft

93

0.090

1.00

Jan

0.41

0.56

0.00

0.099

0.74

1.71

13-13-13

cwt

12.0000

12.00

144.00

144.00

Potato seed cutter

cwt

1.00

Feb

0.91

1.92

3.060

22.95

18.0000

25.78

Trailer utility

10 ft

23

1.000

1.00

Feb

3.68

1.65

0.40

1.43

1.100

8.25

15.41

Potato bins

each

1.0000

38.00

38.00

38.00

Fork lift

1.000

1.00

Feb

3.08

4.58

1.000

7.50

15.16

Conditioner

20 ft

143

0.090

1.00

Feb

1.24

0.92

0.43

0.54

0.099

0.74

3.88

Potato planter

4 row

68

0.400

1.00

Feb

3.00

1.67

1.89

2.94

0.440

3.30

12.80

Chipping potato seed cwt

18.0000

15.00

270.00

270.00

Other labor

hour

0.5000

7.50

3.75

3.75

Boom sprayer

20 ft

93

0.120

1.00

Feb

1.10

0.74

0.22

0.24

0.132

0.99

3.29

Dual

pt

1.5000

7.85

11.78

11.78

Sencor 4L

pt

1.0000

17.73

17.73

17.73

Ditcher

1.5 ft

23

0.050

1.00

Feb

0.18

0.08

0.09

0.13

0.055

0.41

0.90

Cultivator 6R

20 ft

143

0.100

1.00

Feb

1.38

1.02

0.26

0.38

0.110

0.83

3.87

Ditcher

1.5 ft

23

0.050

1.00

Feb

0.18

0.08

0.09

0.13

0.055

0.41

0.90

Fertilizer app (R)

20 ft

93

0.090

1.00

Feb

0.41

0.56

0.00

0.099

0.74

1.71

Ammonium Nitrate 33% lb

150.0000

0.13

19.50

19.50

Cultivator 6R

20 ft

143

0.100

1.00

Mar

1.38

1.02

0.26

0.38

0.110

0.83

3.87

Ditcher

1.5 ft

23

0.050

1.00

Mar

0.18

0.08

0.09

0.13

0.055

0.41

0.90

Boom sprayer

20 ft

93

0.120

1.00

Mar

1.10

0.74

0.22

0.24

0.132

0.99

3.29

Dual

pt

1.0000

7.85

7.85

7.85

Boom sprayer

20 ft

93

0.120

1.00

Apr

1.10

0.74

0.22

0.24

0.132

0.99

3.29

Ambush

pt

0.2500

13.88

3.47

3.47

Bravo

pt

0.7500

6.38

4.79

4.79

Boom sprayer

20 ft

93

0.120

1.00

Apr

1.10

0.74

0.22

0.24

0.132

0.99

3.29

Ambush

pt

0.2500

13.88

3.47

3.47

Dithane

lb

2.0000

2.95

5.90

5.90

Boom sprayer

20 ft

93

0.120

1.00

May

1.10

0.74

0.22

0.24

0.132

0.99

3.29

Bravo

pt

1.5000

6.38

9.57

9.57

Shredder 2R

6.7 ft

43

0.390

1.00

May

1.98

1.00

0.31

0.81

0.429

3.22

7.32

Potato digger, chain

2 row

43

0.660

1.00

May

3.35

1.69

2.03

2.89

0.726

5.45

15.41

Other labor

hour

1.1000

7.50

8.25

8.25

Trailer

40 ft

68

1.000

3.00

May

22.51

12.51

4.40

7.14

3.300

24.75

71.31

Bulk loader

acre

1.00

May

1.35

3.84

0.500

3.75

1.0000

8.94

Disk 6R

20 ft

143

0.100

1.00

Jun

1.38

1.02

0.55

0.78

0.110

0.83

4.56

TOTALS

--------

53.60

32.59

19.46

32.35

12.590

94.43

548.05

-------

780.47

INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL

22.77

UNALLOCATED LABOR

0.00

TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

803.23

H-72



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