PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 36.B Summary of estimated costs per acre, Pumpkins, irrigated, fresh market,
one-row equipment, average yield, production parameters specified by Extension
Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM

UNIT

PRICE

QUANTITY

AMOUNT

YOUR FARM

DIRECT EXPENSES
FERTILIZER

acre

dollars

88.56

1.0000

dollars

88.56

FUNGICIDES

acre

100.90

1.0000

100.90

HERBICIDES

acre

33.80

1.0000

33.80

INSECTICIDES

acre

11.92

1.0000

11.92

SEED

acre

75.00

1.0000

75.00

HARVEST LABOR

acre

225.00

1.0000

225.00

OPERATOR LABOR

hour

7.50

29.0135

217.60

IRRIGATION LABOR

hour

7.50

8.0000

60.00

DIESEL FUEL

gal

0.85

5.6700

4.82

ELECTRICITY

kWh

0.09

48.0000

4.32

GASOLINE

gal

1.10

49.2960

54.23

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

acre

80.60

1.0000

80.60

INTEREST ON OP. CAP.

acre

17.81

1.0000

17.81

_________

TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES

TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES

TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES

---9-74-.-5--6

132.97

-1--1-07-.-5--3

_________

Table 36.C Effects of yields and prices on net returns per acre above total
direct expenses, Pumpkins, irrigated, fresh, one-row equipment, production
parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

Yield
(Cwt)

----------

5.00

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

----------

9.00

6.00

7.00

8.00

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

--------Net

Returns Per

Acre---------

----------

140.00

-207.06

-67.06

72.94

212.94

352.94

170.00

-90.81

79.19

249.19

419.19

589.19

200.00

25.44

225.44

425.44

625.44

825.44

230.00

141.69

371.69

601.69

831.69

1061.69

260.00

257.94

517.94

777.94

1037.94

1297.94

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