PROJECTED COSTS FOR SELECTED LOUISIANA VEGETABLE CROPS - 1997 SEASON



Appendix Table 1. Powered Equipment: estimated performance rate, useful life, annual use, purchase price,
repair cost,fuel consumption rate, and direct and fixed cost per hour and per acre Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM NAME

SIZE

PERF

RATE

USEFUL
LIFE

ANNUAL
USE

PURCHASE
PRICE

REPAIR
COST

FUEL
CONS
RATE

-DIRECT COST--

--FIXED COST--

hrs/ac

years

hours

dollars

percent

/hour

$/hr    $/ac

$/hr    $/ac

Double hitch

0

10

1000

0

100

0.00

0.00

0.00

Pickup truck

1/2 ton

5

800

14,500

45

2.50

4.38

3.90

Small 4-wheel drive

225

16

625

90,000

96

10.80

17.82

13.17

Tractor 106-130HP

118

16

625

58,000

104

6.80

11.81

8.49

Tractor 131-155HP

143

16

625

70,000

99

8.10

13.82

10.24

Tractor 15-30HP

23

16

625

11,300

170

1.60

3.68

1.65

Tractor 156-180

168

16

625

81,000

95

9.70

15.94

11.85

Tractor 31-55HP

43

16

625

17,500

159

2.70

5.08

2.56

Tractor 56-80HP

68

16

625

28,500

138

4.20

7.50

4.17

Tractor 80-105HP

93

16

625

42,300

108

5.40

9.16

6.19

Fork lift

1.00

20

350

20,000

50

1.50

3.08 3.08

4.58    4.58

High cycle spray

60 ft

0.03

12

250

55,000

60

2.90

13.47 0.40

24.24    0.73

Pickup truck

1/2 ton

1.00

5

800

12,500

45

2.50

4.16 4.16

3.36    3.36

Truck

1 ton

1.00

10

400

22,000

50

3.00

6.05 6.05

6.89    6.89

Truck

2 ton

1.00

10

400

30,000

50

3.70

7.82 7.82

9.39    9.39

Truck

5 ton

1.00

10

400

37,000

50

5.00

10.13 0.13

11.58   11.58

Appendix Table 2. Other durable inputs: estimated repair cost, fuel consumption
rate, direct cost per unit of measure, and fixed cost per unit of measureor per
acre Louisiana, 1997.

ITEM NAME

UNIT

REPAIR
COST

FUEL
CONS
RATE

DIRECT COST

----FIXED COST----

$/U of M

/U of M

$/U of M

$/U of M    $/acre

Backpack sprayer

each

0.000

0.000

0.000

24.00

Bean/pea sheller

acre

3.600

12.750

4.748

7.55

Bulk loader

acre

0.500

1.000

1.350

3.84

Cool pad, greenhouse

hour

10.000

1.000

10.090

350.00

Drip irrigation

acin

1.450

0.000

1.450

26.54

Drip irrigation

each

10.520

7.200

11.168

289.00

Drip irrigation

each

72.500

0.100

72.509

126.00

Dry packing line

acre

1.400

1.150

1.504

8.76

Fan, greenhouse

hour

0.018

1.400

0.144

191.50

Furrow irrigation

acin

2.900

6.000

3.440

55.50

Greenhouse

each

66.850

0.000

66.850

1337.00

Heater, greenhouse

hour

0.070

1.000

0.920

126.00

Irrig. sys. 1 pivot

acin

0.610

2.140

2.429

33.80

Irrig. Sys. 2 pipe

acin

0.590

1.410

1.789

27.70

Irrig. sys. 3 gun

acin

0.970

2.260

2.891

44.00

Irrig. sys. 7 pivot

acin

0.910

2.110

2.704

47.33

Irrig. sys. 8 pipe

acin

13.000

6.630

13.597

23.04

Large wet pack line

acre

2.500

5.000

2.950

15.65

Packing Line

acre

4.850

7.700

5.543

9.11

Plant tie machine

hour

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.100

Pollinator

hour

0.300

0.000

0.300

20.00

Potato seed cutter

cwt

0.010

0.450

0.051

1.92

Small wet pack line

acre

2.000

5.250

2.473

12.52

Sprinkler irrigation

acin

2.330

19.000

4.040

74.65

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