PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 35.B Summary of estimated costs per acre, Irish Potatoes for chipping
(spring), process market, six-row equipment, machine harvest, average yield,
production parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist,
Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM

UNIT

PRICE

QUANTITY

AMOUNT

YOUR FARM

DIRECT EXPENSES
FERTILIZER

acre

dollars

163.50

1.0000

dollars

163.50

FUNGICIDES

acre

20.26

1.0000

20.26

HERBICIDES

acre

37.36

1.0000

37.36

HIRED LABOR

acre

12.00

1.0000

12.00

INSECTICIDES

acre

6.94

1.0000

6.94

PACK & HARVEST ITEMS

acre

38.00

1.0000

38.00

SEED

acre

270.00

1.0000

270.00

OPERATOR LABOR

hour

7.50

12.5900

94.43

DIESEL FUEL

gal

0.85

28.4020

24.14

ELECTRICITY

kWh

0.09

8.1000

0.73

GASOLINE

gal

1.10

3.4200

3.76

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

acre

44.42

1.0000

44.42

INTEREST ON OP. CAP.

acre

22.77

1.0000

22.77

_________

TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES

TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES

TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES

---7-38-.-3--0

64.93

---8-03-.-2--3

_________

Table 35.C Effects of yields and prices on net returns per acre above total
direct expenses, Irish Potatoes for chipping (spring), process market, six-row
equipment, machine harvest, production parameters specified by Extension
Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

Yield
(Cwt)

----------

4.00

-----------Price Per Cwt-------------

---------

7.00

4.75

5.50

6.25

----------

--------Net

Returns Per

Acre---------

---------

90.00

-272.90

-205.40

-137.90

-70.40

-2.90

120.00

-155.60

-65.60

24.40

114.40

204.40

150.00

-38.30

74.20

186.70

299.20

411.70

180.00

79.00

214.00

349.00

484.00

619.00

210.00

196.30

353.80

511.30

668.80

826.30

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