PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 36.A Estimated resource use and costs per acre for field operations, Pumpkins, irrigated, fresh market, one-row equipment, average
yield, production parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

TRACTOR COST

EQUIP COST

ALLOC LABOR

OPERATING

INPUT

OPERATION/

SIZE/

TRACTOR

PERF

TIMES

TOTAL

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OPERATING INPUT

UNIT

SIZE

RATE

OVER

MTH

DIRECT

FIXED

DIRECT

FIXED

HOURS

COST

AMOUNT

PRICE

COST

COST

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ars----

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dollars

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dollars-

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Lime (spread)

cwt

1.00

Jun

6.6000

1.60

10.56

10.56

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

1.00

Jun

2.89

1.46

0.38

0.54

0.627

4.70

9.97

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

1.00

Jul

2.89

1.46

0.38

0.54

0.627

4.70

9.97

Disk-pre-1-2R

6 ft

23

0.590

1.00

Jul

2.17

0.98

0.49

0.70

0.649

4.87

9.21

Command 4EC

qt

1.0000

19.68

19.68

19.68

Hipper-fert 1R

3 ft

23

1.550

1.00

Jul

5.71

2.56

0.91

1.29

1.705

12.79

23.26

8-24-24

lb

500.0000

0.13

65.00

65.00

Hipper 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Jul

5.63

2.53

0.50

0.72

1.683

12.62

22.01

Row conditioner 1R

6 ft

23

0.410

1.00

Jul

1.51

0.68

0.08

0.12

0.451

3.38

5.77

Planter 1R

3 ft

23

1.500

1.00

Jul

5.52

2.48

0.35

0.56

1.650

12.38

21.29

Pumpkin seed

lb

2.5000

30.00

75.00

75.00

Furrow irrigation

acin

1.00

Jul

6.88

55.50

2.000

15.00

2.0000

77.38

Ditcher

1.5 ft

23

0.050

0.50

Jul

0.09

0.04

0.05

0.07

0.028

0.21

0.45

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Aug

5.63

2.53

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.62

21.76

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Aug

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Thiodan

lb

0.5000

8.00

4.00

4.00

Cult-fert 1R

3 ft

23

1.610

1.00

Aug

5.93

2.66

0.57

0.81

1.771

13.28

23.24

Ammonium Nitrate 33% lb

100.0000

0.13

13.00

13.00

Furrow irrigation

acin

1.00

Aug

6.88

2.000

15.00

2.0000

21.88

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Aug

5.63

2.53

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.62

21.76

Ditcher

1.5 ft

23

0.050

1.00

Aug

0.18

0.08

0.09

0.13

0.055

0.41

0.90

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Sep

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Sevin

lb

0.6000

4.40

2.64

2.64

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Sep

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Ridomil + Bravo

lb

2.0000

15.50

31.00

31.00

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Sep

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Poast

pt

1.0000

12.56

12.56

12.56

Crop oil

pt

2.0000

0.78

1.56

1.56

Cultivator 1R

3 ft

23

1.530

1.00

Sep

5.63

2.53

0.40

0.57

1.683

12.62

21.76

Furrow irrigation

acin

1.00

Sep

6.88

2.000

15.00

2.0000

21.88

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Sep

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Sevin

lb

0.6000

4.40

2.64

2.64

Ridomil + Bravo

lb

2.0000

15.50

31.00

31.00

Furrow irrigation

acin

1.00

Oct

6.88

2.000

15.00

2.0000

21.88

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Oct

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Sevin

lb

0.6000

4.40

2.64

2.64

Boom sprayer

12 ft

23

0.190

1.00

Oct

0.70

0.31

0.26

0.28

0.209

1.57

3.12

Benlate

lb

0.5000

15.80

7.90

7.90

Ridomil + Bravo

lb

2.0000

15.50

31.00

31.00

Harvest labor

hour

1.00

Oct

30.0000

7.50

225.00

225.00

Trailer utility

10 ft

23

1.000

2.00

Oct

7.36

3.31

0.80

2.86

2.200

16.50

30.82

Pickup truck

½ ton

1.000

10.00

Oct

41.56

33.63

10.000

75.00

150.19

Shredder 2R

6.7 ft

43

0.390

1.00

Oct

1.98

1.00

0.31

0.81

0.429

3.22

7.32

Disk 2R

6 ft

43

0.570

1.00

Oct

2.89

1.46

0.38

0.54

0.627

4.70

9.97

TOTALS

66.56

-------

30.48

------

77.41

102.49

37.014

-------

277.60

535.18

1089.72

INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL

17.81

UNALLOCATED LABOR

0.00

TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

1107.53

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