Eggplant Production Practices and Sample Costs
Table 1. COSTS PER ACRE TO PRODUCE EGGPLANT
Coachella Valley - 1996
|
|
| Cash and Labor Costs per Acre |
| Operation |
Operation
Time
(Hrs/A) |
Labor
Cost |
Fuel, Lube
& Repairs |
Material
Cost
| Custom/
Rent |
Total
Cost |
Your
Cost |
| Preplant: |
| Disc |
0.33 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
| Plow |
0.76 |
1.10 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
|
| Landplane |
0.29 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
| Pre-Irrigate |
2.50 |
18 |
0 |
68 |
0 |
86 |
|
| Disc - 2x's |
0.67 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
|
| Chicken Manure |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
100 |
|
| List |
0.20 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
| Drip Tape |
0.57 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
122 |
132 |
|
| Plastic Mulch |
1.05 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
250 |
269 |
|
| Cultivate |
0.50 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
| Soil Fumigation |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
384 |
384 |
|
| Puncture Mulch |
0.44 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
| TOTAL PREPLANT COSTS |
7.65 |
61 |
50 |
68 |
856 |
1036 |
|
| |
| Cultural: |
| Drip Irrigation |
12.50 |
88 |
0 |
341 |
0 |
429 |
|
| Transplant Eggplant |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
1478 |
0 |
1478 |
|
| Calcium Nitrate Fertilizer |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
|
| Light Fertilizer |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
|
| Phosphate Fertilizer |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
| Insecticide Treatment |
1.00 |
8 |
10 |
64 |
0 |
83 |
|
| Mite Treatment |
0.50 |
4 |
5 |
30 |
0 |
39 |
|
| B.T. Treatment |
0.50 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
20 |
|
| Weeds |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
50 |
|
| Pickup Truck |
4.45 |
38 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
63 |
|
| TOTAL CULTURAL COSTS |
18.95 |
142 |
47 |
1945 |
50 |
2184 |
|
| |
| Harvest: |
| Harvest |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
5467 |
0 |
5467 |
|
| TOTAL HARVEST COSTS |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
5467 |
0 |
5467 |
|
| |
| Postharvest: |
| Cleanup Costs |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
100 |
|
| TOTAL POSTHARVEST COSTS |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
100 |
|
| |
| Interest on operating capital @ 11.61% |
|
220 |
| TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/ACRE |
|
204 |
97 |
7480 |
1006 |
9006 |
|
| TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/BOX |
|
|
|
|
|
6.93 |
| |
| CASH OVERHEAD: |
| Land Rent |
|
113 |
|
| Office Expense |
|
30 |
|
| Sprinkler Pump Rent |
|
6 |
|
| Sprinkler Pipe |
|
10 |
|
| Liability Insurance |
|
4 |
|
| Property Taxes |
|
9 |
|
| Property Insurance |
|
6 |
|
| Investment Repairs |
|
52 |
|
| TOTAL CASH OVERHEAD COSTS |
|
228 |
|
| |
| TOTAL CASH COSTS/ACRE |
|
9234 |
|
| TOTAL CASH COSTS/BOX |
|
7.10 |
|
| |
|
| Annual Cost |
| NON-CASH OVERHEAD: |
Per Producing Acre |
Depre-
ciation |
Interest @ 4.00% |
| Investement: |
| Shop Building |
21 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
2 |
|
| Shop Tools |
42 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
3 |
|
| Fuel Tanks & Pumps |
8 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
|
| Drip Irrigation System |
942 |
57 |
21 |
|
|
77 |
|
| Equipment |
548 |
47 |
12 |
|
|
59 |
|
| TOTAL NON-CASH OVERHEAD COSTS |
1560 |
108 |
34 |
|
|
142 |
|
| |
| TOTAL COSTS/ACRE |
|
|
|
|
|
9377 |
|
| TOTAL COSTS/BOX |
|
|
|
|
|
7.21 |
|
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