|
Appendix B, Table 1. Estimated costs per acre for commercial harvest
strawberry field operations (48-inch beds, 72-inch centers) in South Mississippi, 1997. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation/ operating input |
Size/ unit |
Direct cost | Dir.
cost to date |
Fixed cost |
Total cost |
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| Op. input | Fuel | R&M | Labor | Interest | Total | |||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||
| Heavy disk | 21 ft | 1.06 | 1.50 | 1.10 | 0.32 | 3.97 | 3.97 | 3.56 | 7.53 | |
| Chisel plow | 24 ft | 0.26 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 1.14 | 5.11 | 0.94 | 2.08 | |
| Lime(spread) | ton | 14.30 | 1.24 | 15.54 | 20.64 | 15.54 | ||||
| Spin spreader 10-5-10 |
4 ton cwt |
244.13 |
0.32 | 0.85 | 1.00 | 0.19 21.10 |
2.36 265.23 |
23.00 288.23 |
1.63 | 3.98 265.23 |
| Heavy disk | 21 ft | 2.11 | 3.00 | 2.20 | 0.57 | 7.88 | 296.11 | 7.12 | 15.01 | |
| Chisel plow | 24 ft | 0.51 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.16 | 2.26 | 298.37 | 1.88 | 4.14 | |
| Heavy disk Lorsban 4 E |
21 ft pt |
11.40 |
1.06 | 1.50 | 1.10 | 0.29 0.90 |
3.94 12.30 |
302.31 314.61 |
3.56 | 7.50 12.30 |
| Prebed | 1-row | 10.55 | 12.92 | 5.50 | 2.05 | 31.02 | 345.63 | 25.77 | 56.79 | |
| Bedder Methyl bromide |
1-row lb |
424.00 |
10.55 | 12.34 | 11.00 | 2.40 29.99 |
36.29 453.99 |
381.93 835.92 |
25.15 | 61.45 453.99 |
| Lay plastic Plastic Drip tape |
1-row roll roll |
216.00 312.50 |
10.55 | 7.94 | 22.00 | 2.86 15.28 22.10 |
43.36 231.28 334.60 |
879.28 1,110.55 1,445.16 |
21.14 | 64.50 231.28 334.60 |
| Hole puncher | 1-row | 3.52 | 1.66 | 11.00 | 1.14 | 17.32 | 1,462.48 | 4.44 | 21.77 | |
| Custom plant
(sb) Strawberry plants |
thous. thous. |
540.00 2,340.00 |
38.19 165.50 |
578.19 2,505.50 |
2,040.67 4,546.17 |
578.19 2,505.50 |
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| Hand weed control | hour | 20.00 | 1.10 | 21.10 | 4,567.27 | 21.10 | ||||
| Boom sprayer Tribasic copper Captan |
12 ft lb lb |
9.00 18.06 |
1.34 | 0.87 | 2.10 | 0.24 0.50 0.99 |
4.55 9.50 19.05 |
4,571.82 4,581.31 4,600.36 |
1.87 | 6.42 9.50 19.05 |
| Boom sprayer Tribasic copper Benlate WP |
12 ft lb lb |
9.00 16.50 |
1.34 | 0.87 | 2.10 | 0.24 0.50 0.91 |
4.55 9.50 17.41 |
4,604.91 4,614.41 4,631.81 |
1.87 | 6.42 9.50 17.41 |
| Boom sprayer Captan Thiodan 3 E.C. |
12 ft lb qt |
30.10 23.27 |
1.34 | 0.87 | 2.10 | 0.20 1.42 1.10 |
4.51 31.52 24.37 |
4,636.33 4,667.85 4,692.22 |
1.87 | 6.39 31.52 24.37 |
| Boom sprayer Benlate WP |
12 ft lb |
33.00 |
1.34 | 0.87 | 2.10 | 0.20 1.56 |
4.51 34.56 |
4,696.73 4,731.29 |
1.87 | 6.39 34.56 |
| Spot spray Roundup |
hour pt |
20.00 11.52 |
0.79 0.45 |
20.79 11.97 |
4,752.07 4,764.04 |
20.79 11.97 |
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| Boom sprayer Captan |
12 ft lb |
30.10 |
1.34 | 0.87 | 2.10 | 0.17 1.18 |
4.48 31.28 |
4,768.52 4,799.81 |
1.87 | 6.35 31.28 |
| Boom sprayer Benlate WP |
12 ft lb |
33.00 |
1.34 | 0.87 | 2.10 | 0.17 1.30 |
4.48 34.30 |
4,804.29 4,838.58 |
1.87 | 6.35 34.30 |
| Boom sprayer Captan Kelthane |
12 ft lb qt |
30.10 24.10 |
1.34 | 0.87 | 2.10 | 0.14 0.95 0.76 |
4.45 31.05 24.86 |
4,843.03 4,874.08 4,898.93 |
1.87 | 6.32 31.05 24.86 |
| Boom sprayer Benlate WP |
12 ft lb |
33.00 |
1.34 | 0.87 | 2.10 | 0.14 1.04 |
4.45 34.04 |
4,903.38 4,937.42 |
1.87 | 6.32 34.04 |
| Boom sprayer Captan Rovral |
12 ft lb lb |
27.09 64.80 |
2.01 | 1.30 | 3.15 | 0.15 0.64 1.53 |
6.62 27.73 66.33 |
4,944.04 4,971.77 5,038.09 |
2.81 | 9.43 27.73 66.33 |
| Custom harvest (sb) | flat | 2,430.00 | 57.29 | 2,487.29 | 7,525.38 | 2,487.29 | ||||
| Boom sprayer Roundup |
12 ft pt |
11.52 |
0.67 | 0.43 | 1.05 | 0.03 0.18 |
2.19 11.70 |
7,527.57 7,539.27 |
0.94 | 3.13 11.70 |
| Housing | acre | 80.00 | 1.26 | 81.26 | 7,620.53 | 81.26 | ||||
| Totals | 7,056.49 | 53.92 | 51.57 | 77.10 | 381.45 | 7,620.53 | 113.92 | 7,734.45 | ||
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| Appendix
B, Table 2. Estimated costs per acre for pick-your-own strawberry field operations (30-inch beds, 58-inch centers) in South Mississippi, 1997. |
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| Operation/ operating input |
Size/ unit |
Direct cost | Fixed cost |
Total cost |
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| Op. input | Fuel | R&M | Labor | Interest | Total | ||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||
| Soil test | acre | 15.00 | 0.59 | 15.59 | 15.59 | ||||
| Lime (spread) | ton | 28.60 | 0.90 | 29.50 | 29.50 | ||||
| Subsoiler | 2 shank | 2.57 | 1.75 | 3.20 | 0.24 | 7.76 | 4.12 | 11.88 | |
| Disk | 8 ft | 1.00 | 1.10 | 1.25 | 0.11 | 3.46 | 2.43 | 5.89 | |
| Spin spreader Custom blend fert. |
4 ton cwt |
125.00 |
0.40 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.07 3.93 |
2.40 128.93 |
1.83 | 4.22 128.93 |
| Bedder | 1-row | 4.42 | 8.03 | 11.00 | 0.74 | 24.19 | 11.89 | 36.08 | |
| Prebed | 1-row | 4.42 | 8.61 | 5.50 | 0.44 | 18.97 | 12.50 | 31.47 | |
| Bed, plastic,
brom Plastic Methyl bromide Drip tape |
1-row roll lb roll |
228.00 477.00 218.75 |
12.05 | 37.21 | 75.00 | 2.93 5.38 11.25 5.16 |
127.20 233.38 488.25 223.91 |
48.63 | 175.83 233.38 488.25 223.91 |
| Hookup drip tape | hour | 40.00 | 0.94 | 40.94 | 40.94 | ||||
| Hole puncher | 1-row | 4.42 | 2.45 | 11.00 | 0.42 | 18.29 | 6.65 | 24.94 | |
| Set up irrigation | hour | 50.00 | 1.18 | 51.18 | 51.18 | ||||
| Custom plant
(sb) Strawberry plants |
thous. thous. |
240.00 1,040.00 |
5.66 24.52 |
245.66 1,064.52 |
245.66 1,064.52 |
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| Boom sprayer Captan |
12 ft lb |
18.06 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.08 0.28 |
5.03 18.34 |
2.72 | 7.75 18.34 |
| Boom sprayer Benlate WP |
12 ft lb |
16.50 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.08 0.26 |
5.03 16.76 |
2.72 | 7.75 16.76 |
| Tissue analysis | sample | 150.00 | 2.36 | 152.36 | 152.36 | ||||
| Boom sprayer Captan |
12 ft lb |
18.06 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.04 0.14 |
4.99 18.20 |
2.72 | 7.71 18.20 |
| Boom sprayer Benlate WP |
12 ft lb |
16.50 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.04 0.13 |
4.99 16.63 |
2.72 | 7.71 16.63 |
| Boom sprayer Captan Wettable sulphur |
12 ft lb lb |
6.02 1.40 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.47 0.57 0.13 |
5.42 6.59 1.53 |
2.72 | 8.14 6.59 1.53 |
| Boom sprayer Benlate WP |
12 ft lb |
33.00 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.47 3.11 |
5.42 36.11 |
2.72 | 8.14 36.11 |
| Boom sprayer Captan Wettable sulphur |
12 ft lb lb |
18.06 1.40 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.43 1.56 0.12 |
5.38 19.62 1.52 |
2.72 | 8.10 19.62 1.52 |
| Boom sprayer Benlate WP |
12 ft lb |
33.00 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.43 2.85 |
5.38 35.85 |
2.72 | 8.10 35.85 |
| Irrigation Freeze protection |
inch hour |
30.00 |
4.97 | 6.06 | 15.00 | 2.25 2.59 |
28.28 32.59 |
74.65 | 102.93 32.59 |
| Boom sprayer Captan Wettable sulphur |
12 ft lb lb |
30.10 1.40 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.39 2.37 0.11 |
5.34 32.47 1.51 |
2.72 | 8.06 32.47 1.51 |
| Advertisement | acre | 450.00 | 35.36 | 485.36 | 485.36 | ||||
| Boom sprayer Benlate WP |
12 ft lb |
33.00 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.39 2.59 |
5.34 35.59 |
2.72 | 8.06 35.59 |
| Remove irrigation | hour | 40.00 | 3.14 | 43.14 | 43.14 | ||||
| Sup. harvest
labor Box |
hour each |
200.00 55.50 |
15.72 4.36 |
215.72 59.86 |
215.72 59.86 |
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| Boom sprayer Captan Rovral |
12 ft lb lb |
30.10 43.20 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.35 2.13 3.06 |
5.31 32.23 46.26 |
2.72 | 8.02 32.23 46.26 |
| Boom sprayer Benlate WP |
12 ft lb |
33.00 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.35 2.33 |
5.31 35.33 |
2.72 | 8.02 35.33 |
| Sup. harvest
labor Box |
hour each |
400.00 222.00 |
28.29 15.70 |
428.29 237.70 |
428.29 237.70 |
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| Boom sprayer Captan Rovral |
12 ft lb lb |
6.02 43.20 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.31 0.38 2.72 |
5.27 6.40 45.92 |
2.72 | 7.98 6.40 45.92 |
| Boom sprayer Benlate WP |
12 ft lb |
33.00 |
1.69 | 1.17 | 2.10 | 0.31 2.07 |
5.27 35.07 |
2.72 | 7.98 35.07 |
| Sup. harvest
labor Box |
hour each |
200.00 55.50 |
12.57 3.49 |
212.57 58.99 |
212.57 58.99 |
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| Boom sprayer Gramoxone |
12 ft pt |
7.34 |
0.84 | 0.58 | 1.05 | 0.16 0.46 |
2.63 7.80 |
1.36 | 3.99 7.80 |
| Subsoiler | 2 shank | 1.29 | 0.88 | 1.60 | 0.21 | 3.97 | 2.06 | 6.03 | |
| Trash disposal
fee Trash disp. labor |
acre hour |
25.00 50.00 |
1.38 2.75 |
26.38 52.75 |
26.38 52.75 |
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| Disk | 8 ft | 1.00 | 1.10 | 1.25 | 0.18 | 3.53 | 2.43 | 5.97 | |
| Total | 4,762.71 | 61.02 | 85.03 | 156.25 | 226.45 | 5,291.46 | 206.59 | 5,498.04 | |
|
Appendix B, Table 3. Summary of estimated costs and returns per
acre for commercially harvested strawberries (48-inch beds, 72-inch
centers) in South Mississippi, 1997. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Unit | Price | Quantity | Amount | Your farm |
| $ | $ | ||||
| Income | |||||
| Strawberries | flat | 10.00 | 1,800.000 | 18,000.00 | |
| Total income | 18,000.00 | ||||
| Direct expenses | |||||
| Fertilizer | acre | 258.43 | 1.000 | 258.43 | |
| Fungicide | acre | 333.75 | 1.000 | 333.75 | |
| Herbicide | acre | 23.04 | 1.000 | 23.04 | |
| Insecticide | acre | 58.77 | 1.000 | 58.77 | |
| Custom | acre | 2,970.00 | 1.000 | 2,970.00 | |
| Other | acre | 3,372.50 | 1.000 | 3,372.50 | |
| Other labor | acre | 40.00 | 1.000 | 40.00 | |
| Operator labor | hour | 5.00 | 9.380 | 46.90 | |
| Hand labor | hour | 5.00 | 6.040 | 30.20 | |
| Diesel fuel | gal | 0.82 | 65.754 | 53.92 | |
| Repair & maintenance | acre | 51.57 | 1.000 | 51.57 | |
| Interest on op. cap. | acre | 381.45 | 1.000 | 381.45 | |
| Total direct expenses | 7,620.53 | ||||
| Returns above direct expenses | 10,379.47 | ||||
| Total fixed expenses | 113.92 | ||||
| Total specified expenses | 7,734.45 | ||||
| Returns above total specified expenses | 10,265.55 | ||||
| Appendix
B, Table 4. Summary of estimated costs and returns per acre for pick-your-own strawberry field operations (30-inch beds, 58-inch centers) in South Mississippi, 1997. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Unit | Price | Quantity | Amount | Your farm |
| $ | $ | ||||
| Income | |||||
| Strawberries | lb | 0.93 | 14,400.000 | 13,392.00 | |
| Total Income | 13,392.00 | ||||
| Direct expenses | |||||
| Fertilizer | acre | 153.60 | 1.000 | 153.60 | |
| Fungicide | acre | 410.82 | 1.000 | 410.82 | |
| Herbicide | acre | 7.34 | 1.000 | 7.34 | |
| Custom | acre | 240.00 | 1.000 | 240.00 | |
| Other | acre | 2,940.95 | 1.000 | 2,940.95 | |
| Other labor | acre | 1,010.00 | 1.000 | 1,010.00 | |
| Operator labor | hour | 5.00 | 13.950 | 69.75 | |
| Handlabor | hour | 5.00 | 17.300 | 86.50 | |
| Diesel fuel | gal | 0.82 | 74.415 | 61.02 | |
| Repair & maintenance | acre | 85.03 | 1.000 | 85.03 | |
| Interest on op. cap. | acre | 226.45 | 1.000 | 226.45 | |
| Total direct expenses | 5,291.46 | ||||
| Returns above direct expenses | 8,100.54 | ||||
| Total fixed expenses | 206.59 | ||||
| Total specified expenses | 5,498.04 | ||||
| Returns above total specified expenses | 7,893.96 | ||||
|
Appendix B, Table 5. Estimated costs per acre for commercially
harvested strawberries (48-inch beds, 72-inch centers) in South
Mississippi, 1997. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Unit | Price | Quantity | Amount | Your farm |
| $ | $ | ||||
| Direct expenses | |||||
| Fertilizer | |||||
| Lime (spread) | ton | 28.60 | 0.500 | 14.30 | |
| 10-5-10 | cwt | 10.85 | 22.500 | 244.13 | |
| Fungicide | |||||
| Tribasic copper | lb | 3.00 | 6.000 | 18.00 | |
| Captan | lb | 3.01 | 45.000 | 135.45 | |
| Benlate WP | lb | 16.50 | 7.000 | 115.50 | |
| Rovral | lb | 14.40 | 4.5000 | 64.80 | |
| Herbicide | |||||
| Roundup | pt | 5.76 | 4.000 | 23.04 | |
| Insecticide | |||||
| Lorsban 4 E | pt | 5.70 | 2.000 | 11.40 | |
| Thiodan 3 E.C. | qt | 8.95 | 2.600 | 23.27 | |
| Kelthane | qt | 12.05 | 2.000 | 24.10 | |
| Custom | |||||
| Custom plant (sb) | thous. | 15.00 | 36.000 | 540.00 | |
| Custom harvest (sb) | flat | 1.35 | 1,800.000 | 2,430.00 | |
| Other | |||||
| Methyl bromide | lb | 2.12 | 200.000 | 424.00 | |
| Plastic | roll | 72.00 | 3.000 | 216.00 | |
| Drip tape | roll | 125.00 | 2.500 | 312.50 | |
| Strawberry plants | thous. | 65.00 | 36.000 | 2,340.00 | |
| Housing | acre | 80.00 | 1.000 | 80.00 | |
| Other labor | |||||
| Hand weed control | hour | 5.00 | 4.000 | 20.00 | |
| Spot spray | hour | 5.00 | 4.000 | 20.00 | |
| Operator labor | |||||
| Tractors | hour | 5.00 | 9.380 | 46.90 | |
| Hand labor | |||||
| Implements | hour | 5.00 | 6.040 | 30.20 | |
| Diesel fuel | |||||
| Tractors | gal | 0.82 | 65.754 | 53.92 | |
| Repair & maintenance | |||||
| Implements | acre | 20.27 | 1.000 | 20.27 | |
| Tractors | acre | 31.30 | 1.000 | 31.30 | |
| Interest on op. cap. | acre | 381.45 | 1.000 | 381.45 | |
| Total direct expenses | 7,620.53 | ||||
| Fixed expenses | |||||
| Implements | acre | 29.38 | 1.000 | 29.38 | |
| Tractors | acre | 84.53 | 1.000 | 84.53 | |
| Total fixed expenses | 113.92 | ||||
| Total specified expenses | 7,734.45 | ||||
| Appendix
B, Table 6. Estimated costs per acre for pick-your-own strawberry field operations (30-inch beds, 58-inch centers) in South Mississippi, 1997. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Unit | Price | Quantity | Amount | Your farm |
| $ | $ | ||||
| Direct expenses | |||||
| Fertilizer | |||||
| Lime (spread) | ton | 28.60 | 1.000 | 28.60 | |
| Custom blend fert. | cwt | 12.50 | 10.000 | 125.00 | |
| Fungicide | |||||
| Captan | lb | 3.01 | 42.000 | 126.42 | |
| Benlate WP | lb | ||||