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Appendix A, Table 1. Tractors: estimated useful life, annual use, purchase price, repair cost, fuel consumption rate, and direct, and fixed cost per hour.
Item name Size Useful
life
Annual
use
Purchase
Price
Repair
cost
Fuel
consumption
rate
Direct
cost
Fixed
cost

yr hr $ % gal/hr $/hr $/hr
Tractor 180 12 700 85,700 60 11.70 15.72 17.47
Tractor 40 12 700 16,700 75 3.90 4.69 3.40
Tractor 65 14 700 28,800 75 4.90 6.22 5.41



Appendix A, Table 2. Implements: estimated performance rate, useful life, annual use, purchase price, repair cost, and direct, and fixed cost per hour and per acre.
Item name Size Perf.
rate
Useful
life
Annual
use
Purchase
price
Repair
cost
Direct
cost
Direct
cost
Fixed
cost
Fixed
cost

hr/A yr hr $ % $/hr $/A $/hr $/A
Bed, plastic, brom 1-row 3.000 10 100 6,800 150 10.20 30.60 10.80 32.39
Bedder 1-row 1.100 10 200 6,800 150 5.10 5.61 5.40 5.94
Boom sprayer 12 ft 0.210 8 200 1,150 80 0.58 0.12 1.06 0.22
Chisel plow 24 ft 0.080 12 150 8,750 70 3.40 0.27 8.32 0.67
Disk 8 ft 0.250 10 180 4,900 80 2.18 0.54 4.32 1.08
Heavy disk 21 ft 0.110 10 180 16,900 80 7.51 0.83 14.91 1.64
Hole puncher 1-row 1.100 10 200 800 5 0.02 0.02 0.64 0.70
Lay plastic 1-row 1.100 10 200 2,200 100 1.10 1.21 1.75 1.92
Prebed 1-row 1.100 10 200 7,500 150 5.63 6.19 5.95 6.55
Spin spreader 4 ton 0.100 8 100 7,000 80 7.00 0.70 12.85 1.29
Subsoiler 2 shank 0.320 15 100 800 100 0.53 0.17 1.02 0.33



Appendix A, Table 3. Estimated fuel prices, labor wage rates, and interest rates.
Item name Unit Price


$
Fuel types
   Diesel fuel gal 0.82
   Electricity kwh 0.08
   Gasoline gal 1.05
   LPS gas cu ft 0.00
   Natural gas cu ft 0.00
Labor types
   Operator hour 5.00
   Hand hour 5.00
   Irrigation hour 5.00
   Owner hour 0.00
Interest rates
   Short-term pct 9.43
   Intermediate term pct 9.43



Appendix A, Table 4. Operating inputs: estimated prices.
Item name Unit Price


$
Fertilizer
   10-5-10 cwt 10.85
   5-10-12 cwt 10.00
   Custom blend fert. cwt 12.50
   Lime (spread) ton 28.60
Fungicide
   Benlate WP lb 16.50
   Captan lb 3.01
   Rovral lb 14.40
   Tribasic copper lb 3.00
Herbicide
   Gramoxone pt 3.67
   Roundup pt 5.76
Insecticide
   Kelthane qt 12.05
   Lorsban 4 E pt 5.70
   Thiodan 3 E.C. qt 8.95
Custom
   Custom harvest (sb) flat 1.35
   Custom plant (sb) thous. 15.00
Other
   Advertisement acre 450.00
   Box each 0.37
   Drip tape roll 125.00
   Flats each 1.15
   Housing acre 80.00
   Methyl bromide lb 2.12
   Plastic roll 57.00
   Plastic roll 72.00
   Soil test acre 15.00
   Strawberry plants thous. 65.00
   Strawberry plants thous. 65.00
   Thermoguard acre 250.00
   Tissue analysis sample 30.00
   Trash disposal fee acre 25.00
   Wettable sulphur lb 0.70
Other labor
   Freeze protection hour 5.00
   Hand weed control hour 5.00
   Hookup drip tape hour 5.00
   Remove Irrigation hour 5.00
   Set up irrigation hour 5.00
   Spot spray hour 5.00
   Sup. harvest labor hour 5.00
   Transplant labor hour 5.00
   Trash disp labor hour 5.00

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