PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Table 41.B Summary of estimated costs per acre, Watermelons (early), hybrid,
transplants, plastic mulch, one-row equipment, production parameters specified
by Extension Horticulture Specialist, Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM

UNIT

PRICE

QUANTITY

AMOUNT

YOUR FARM

DIRECT EXPENSES
FERTILIZER

acre

dollars

80.56

1.0000

dollars

80.56

FUNGICIDES

acre

79.60

1.0000

79.60

HIRED LABOR

acre

150.00

1.0000

150.00

INSECTICIDES

acre

14.56

1.0000

14.56

PLASTIC

acre

162.00

1.0000

162.00

PLANTS

acre

135.00

1.0000

135.00

HARVEST LABOR

acre

300.00

1.0000

300.00

OPERATOR LABOR

hour

7.50

30.7250

230.44

DIESEL FUEL

gal

0.85

5.2470

4.46

GASOLINE

gal

1.10

38.6240

42.49

REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

acre

55.68

1.0000

55.68

INTEREST ON OP. CAP.

acre

41.34

1.0000

41.34

_________

TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES

TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES

TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES

-1--2-96-.-1--3

68.63

-1--3-64-.-7--6

_________

Table 41.C Effects of yields and prices on net returns per acre above total direct
expenses, Watermelons (early), fresh market, one-row equipment, hybrid, transplant,
plastic mulch, production parameters specified by Extension Horticulture Specialist,
Louisiana, 1997.

Yield
(Cwt)

----------

5.00

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

----------

7.00

5.50

6.00

6.50

----------

--------Net

Returns Per

Acre---------

----------

260.00

27.87

157.87

287.87

417.87

547.87

280.00

115.87

255.87

395.87

535.87

675.87

300.00

203.87

353.87

503.87

653.87

803.87

320.00

291.87

451.87

611.87

771.87

931.87

340.00

379.87

549.87

719.87

889.87

1059.87

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