PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 39.B Summary of estimated costs per greenhouse, Greenhouse Tomatoes,
fall fresh market, 760 plants in grow bags, drip irrigated and fertilized,
production parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist,
Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM

UNIT

PRICE

QUANTITY

AMOUNT

YOUR FARM

DIRECT EXPENSES
FERTILIZER

acre

dollars

345.00

1.0000

dollars

345.00

FUNGICIDES

acre

20.66

1.0000

20.66

HIRED LABOR

acre

2332.50

1.0000

2332.50

INSECTICIDES

acre

21.95

1.0000

21.95

PACK & HARVEST ITEMS

acre

321.60

1.0000

321.60

PLANTS

acre

587.10

1.0000

587.10

CUSTOM

acre

250.00

1.0000

250.00

HARVEST LABOR

acre

990.00

1.0000

990.00

OTHER

acre

78.00

1.0000

78.00

OPERATOR LABOR

hour

7.50

50.0000

375.00

DIESEL FUEL

gal

0.85

300.0000

255.00

ELECTRICITY

kWh

0.09

1716.0000

154.44

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

acre

128.97

1.0000

128.97

INTEREST ON OP. CAP.

acre

162.57

1.0000

162.57

_________

TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES

TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES

TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES

-6--0-22-.-7--9
1987.50

-8--0-10-.-2--9

_________

For greenhouse tomatoes, the table presenting net returns for a range of
yields and prices has been combined for the fall and spring crops, and
appears in the budget for the spring crop, on page 83.

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