SFP: Chili Pepper

Chili Pepper Production Practices and Sample Costs

Table 3. MONTHLY CASH COSTS PER ACRE TO PRODUCE CHILI PEPPER
Coachella Valley - 1995/1996

NOV 94 -OCT 95	N	D	Ja	F	Mr	Ap	My	Jn	Jl	Au	S	O	SUM
NOV 94 -OCT 95	1994		1995
Preplant:
Chop Prior Crop Residue	4												4
Disc	7												7
Plow	12												12
Disc 2X	23												23
Leveling - Land Plane	14												14
Custom Manure Application	75												75
List		8											8
Pre-Irrigation		55											55
Roll cultivate beds		5											5
Shape Beds - mulch & t-tape			326										326
Plumb layflat & irrigate			55										55
Punch holes in mulch				12									12
TOTAL PREPLANT COSTS	135	67	381	12									596
Cultural:
Trasplant peppers				524									524
Fertigation - Drip					59	59							119
Clip weed seedlings					29								29
Cultivate Beds					7								7
Irrigation - Drip							38	38					77
TOTAL CULTURAL COSTS				524	96	59	38	38					757
Harvest:
Hand Pick & Pack Peppers							1863	1863					3727
Ship to LA Market							301	301					602
LA Broker Commission							780	780					1560
TOTAL HARVEST COSTS							2944	2944					5889
Interest on oper. capital	1	2	6	11	12	12	41						85
TOTAL OPERATING COST/ACRE	136	69	387	547	108	72	3024	2983					7326
TOTAL OPERATING COST/BOX	0.11	0.06	0.32	0.46	0.09	0.06	2.52	2.49					6.11
Overhead:
Land Rent	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17					133
Office Expense	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4					30
Liability Insurance	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3					25
Sanitation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0
Property Taxes			6						6				11
Property Insurance			4						4				8
Investment Repairs	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	54
TOTAL CASH OVERHEAD COST	28	28	37	28	28	28	28	28	14	4	4	4	261
TOTAL CASH COSTS/ACRE	164	97	424	575	136	100	3052	3011	14	4	4	4	7588
TOTAL CASH COSTS/BOX	0.14	0.08	0.35	0.48	0.11	0.08	2.54	2.51	0.01	0	0	0	6.32

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