Eggplant Production Practices and Sample Costs

Table 2. COSTS AND RETURNS TO PRODUCE EGGPLANT
Coachella Valley - 1996

• Labor Rate:

  $7.04/hr. machine labor

  $7.04/hr. non-machine labor

• Interest Rate: 11.61%

	Quantity/Acre	Unit	Price or Cost/Unit	Value or Cost/Acre	Your Cost
GROSS RETURNS
Eggplant	1300	Box	7.75	10075
TOTAL GROSS RETURNS FOR EGGPLANT				5425
OPERATING COSTS:
Water:
Water	72.00	AcIn	5.68	409
Custom:
Chicken Manure	1.00	Acre	100.00	100
Drip Tape	1.00	Acre	105.00	105
Plastic Mulch	1.00	Acre	250.00	250
Methyl Bromide	1.00	Acre	384.00	384
Hand Weed	1.00	Acre	50.00	50
Cleanup Costs	1.00	Acre	100.00	100
Rent:
Drip Tape Injector	1.00	Acre	17.00	17
Transplant:
Trasplant Plants	2000.00	Each	0.65	1300
Plant Eggplants	2000.00	Each	0.08	160
Seed:
Seed - American	0.900	Oz	18.00	16
Seed - Japanese	0.050	Oz	19.00	1
Seed - Italian	0.050	Oz	8.50	0.43
Fertilizer:
Ca NO3 Fertilizer	75.00	Lb	0.13	10
10-0-5 Light Fertilizer	100.00	Lb	0.103	10
Phosphate Fertilizer	11.00	Lb	0.20	2
Insecticide:
Lannate	2.00	Lb	20.06	40
Ambush	25.60	Oz	0.95	24
Dipel 2x	1.00	Lb	10.35	10
Harvest:
Harvest	1300.00	Box	2.55	3315
Box	1300.00	Box	0.88	1144
Broker Commission	1300.00	Box	0.78	1007
Labor (machine)	13.92	hrs	7.04	98
Labor (non-machine)	15.00	hrs	7.04	106
Fuel - Gas	8.90	gal	1.25	11
Fuel - Diesel	33.68	gal	1.10	37
Lube				7
Machinery repair				41
Interest on operating capital @ 11.61%				220
TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/ACRE				9006
TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/BOX				6.93
NET RETURNS ABOVE OPERATING COSTS				1069
CASH OVERHEAD COSTS:
Office Expenses				50
Liability Insurance				35
Land Rent				133
Management				105
Sprinkler Pipe				130
Sprinkler Pump Rent				75
Property Taxes				3
Property Insurance				2
Investment Repairs				1
TOTAL CASH OVERHEAD COST/ACRE				534
TOTAL CASH COSTS/ACRE				4970
TOTAL CASH COSTS/BOX				5.68
TOTAL NON-CASH OVERHEAD COSTS (DEPRECIATION & INTEREST):
Shop Building				1
Shop Tools				1
Fuel Tanks & Pumps				2
Surface Pipe				0
Equipment				91
TOTAL NON-CASH OVERHEAD COST/ACRE				94
TOTAL COSTS/ACRE				5065
TOTAL COSTS/BOX				5.79
NET RETURNS ABOVE TOTAL COSTS				360

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