Table 1. Strawberry acreage, yield, and production in selected states, 1991-1996.1
Year	AR	LA	NC	FL	CA	U.S.
Acres
1991	230	850	2,200	5,500	21,100	46,080
1992	230	1,000	2,300	5,400	24,000	49,530
1993	230	1,100	2,400	5,800	25,100	51,330
1994	180	1,100	2,400	5,800	23,300	49,030
1995	180	1,000	2,400	6,000	23,600	48,430
1996	170	850	2,300	6,000	25,200	48,470
Yield (cwt)
1991	35	65	55	240	520	296
1992	24	120	55	300	430	269
1993	30	140	65	290	570	336
1994	30	140	65	290	570	336
1995	67	95	80	280	505	309
1996	22	76	70	260	540	336
Production (thousands of cwt)
1991	8	55	64	1,320	10,972	13,656
1992	6	120	127	1,620	10,320	13,348
1993	7	110	108	1,624	11,421	14,471
1994	5	154	156	1,682	13,281	16,494
1995	12	95	192	1,680	11,918	14,976
1996	4	64	162	1,560	13,608	16,274
1 Source: (4,5).

Table 2. Number of strawberry, soybean, and cotton producers in selected states, 1982 and 1992.1
State	Producer type	Number of producers
		1982	1992
MS	Strawberry	33	21
MS	Soybean	11,057	4,617
MS	Cotton	3,703	3,340
LA	Strawberry	124	102
LA	Soybean	7,994	3,889
LA	Cotton	2,368	2,598
NC	Strawberry	460	335
NC	Soybean	25,421	12,739
NC2	Cotton	618	2,031
FL	Strawberry	208	215
FL	Soybean	2,077	413
FL2	Cotton	81	220
CA	Strawberry	723	612
CA	Soybean	5	2
CA	Cotton	3,001	2,350
U.S.	Strawberry	11,049	8,017
U.S.	Soybean	507,868	379,076
U.S.	Cotton	38,145	34,769
1Source: (1,2). 2The increase in the number of cotton producers in North Carolina and Florida from 1982 to 1992 was associated with the effects of the boll weevil eradication program.

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Table 3. Estimated resource use and costs per acre for commercial harvest strawberry field operations (48-inch beds, 72-inch centers) in South Mississippi, 1997.
Operation/ operating input	Size/ unit	Tractor size	Perf rate	Times over	Month	Tractor Cost		Equipment Cost		Alloc. labor		Operating input			Total cost
						Direct	Fixed	Direct	Fixed	Hours	Cost	Amount	Price	Cost
						$	$	$	$		$		$	$	$
Chisel plow	24 ft	40	0.080	1.00	Aug	0.38	0.27	0.27	0.67	0.080	0.40				1.99
Lime (spread)	ton			1.00	Aug							0.50	28.60	14.30	14.30
Spin spreader    10-5-10	4 tons    cwt	40	0.100	1.00	Aug	0.47	0.34	0.70	1.29	0.200	1.00	22.50	10.85	244.13	244.13
Heavy disk	21 ft	180	0.110	2.00	Sep	3.46	3.84	1.65	3.28	0.440	2.20				14.43
Chisel plow	24 ft	40	0.080	2.00	Sep	0.75	0.54	0.54	1.33	0.160	0.80				3.97
Heavy disk   Lorsban 4 E	21 ft    pt	180	0.110	1.00	Sep	1.73	1.92	0.83	1.64	0.220	1.10	2.00	5.70	11.40	7.22 11.40
Prebed	1-row	180	1.100	1.00	Oct	17.29	19.22	6.19	6.55	1.100	5.50				54.74
Bedder    Methyl bromide	1-row    lb	180	1.100	1.00	Oct	17.29	19.22	5.61	5.94	2.200	11.00	200.00	2.12	424.00	59.05 424.00
Lay plastic    Plastic    Drip tape	1-row    roll    roll	180	1.100	1.00	Oct	17.29	19.22	1.21	1.92	4.400	22.00	3.00 2.50	72.00 125.00	216.00 312.50	61.63 216.00 312.50
Hole puncher	1-row	40	1.100	1.00	Oct	5.16	3.74	0.02	0.70	2.200	11.00				20.62
Custom plant (sb)    Strawberry plants	thous. thous.			1.00	Oct							36.00 36.00	15.00 65.00	540.00 2,340.00	540.00 2,340.00
Hand weed control	hour			1.00	Dec							4.00	5.00	20.00	20.00
Boom sprayer    Tribasic copper    Captan	12 ft lb lb	40	0.210	2.00	Dec	1.97	1.43	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	3.00 6.00	3.00 3.01	9.00 18.06	6.18 9.00 18.06
Boom sprayer    Tribasic copper    Benlate WP	12 ft    lb    lb	40	0.210	2.00	Dec	1.97	1.43	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	3.00 1.00	3.00 16.50	9.00 16.50	6.18 9.00 16.50
Boom sprayer    Captan    Thiodan 3 E.C.	12 ft lb qt	40	0.210	2.00	Jan	1.97	1.43	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	10.00 2.60	3.01 8.95	30.10 23.27	6.18 30.10 23.27
Boom sprayer    Benlate WP	12 ft lb	40	0.210	2.00	Jan	1.97	1.43	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	2.00	16.50	33.00	6.18 33.00
Spot spray    Roundup	hour    pt			1.00	Feb							4.00 2.00	5.00 5.76	20.00 11.52	20.00 11.52
Boom sprayer    Captan	12 ft    lb	40	0.210	2.00	Feb	1.97	1.43	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	10.00	3.01	30.10	6.18 30.10
Boom sprayer    Benlate WP	12 ft    lb	40	0.210	2.00	Feb	1.97	1.43	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	2.00	16.50	33.00	6.18 33.00
Boom sprayer    Captan    Kelthane	12 ft    lb    qt	40	0.210	2.00	Mar	1.97	1.43	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	10.00 2.00	3.01 12.05	30.10 24.10	6.18 30.10 24.10
Boom sprayer    Benlate WP	12 ft    lb	40	0.210	2.00	Mar	1.97	1.43	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	2.00	16.50	33.00	6.18 33.00
Boom sprayer    Captan    Rovral	12 ft    lb    lb	40	0.210	3.00	Apr	2.95	2.14	0.36	0.66	0.630	3.15	9.00 4.50	3.01 14.40	27.09 64.80	9.28 27.09 64.80
Custom harvest (sb)	flat			1.00	Apr							1,800.00	1.35	2,970.00	2,970.00
Boom sprayer    Roundup	12 ft    pt	40	0.210	1.00	May	0.98	0.71	0.12	0.22	0.210	1.05	2.00 1.00	5.76 80.00	11.52 80.00	3.09 11.52 80.00
Housing	acre			1.00	May							1.00	80.00	80.00	80.00
Totals						83.49	82.61	19.44	27.74	15.20	76.00			7,596.49	7,885.78
Interest on operating capital															397.37
Unallocated labor															0.00
Total specified cost															8,283.15

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Table 4. Estimated resource use and costs per acre for pick-your-own strawberry field operations (30-inch beds, 58-inch centers) in South Mississippi, 1997.
Operation/ operating input	Size/ unit	Tractor size	Perf rate	Times over	Month	Tractor Cost		Equip. Cost		Alloc. Labor		Operating Input			Total cost
						Direct	Fixed	Direct	Fixed	Hours	Cost	Amount	Price	Cost
						$	$	$	$		$		$	$	$
Soil test	acre			1.00	Aug							1.00	15.00	15.00	15.00
Lime (spread)	ton			1.00	Sep							1.00	28.60	28.60	28.60
Subsoiler	2 shank	65	0.320	2.00	Sep	3.98	3.46	0.34	0.65	0.640	3.20				11.64
Disk	8 ft	65	0.250	1.00	Sep	1.56	1.35	0.54	1.08	0.250	1.25				5.78
Spin spreader    Custom blend fert.	4 ton cwt	65	0.100	1.00	Sep	0.62	0.54	0.70	1.29	0.200	1.00	10.00	12.50	125.00	4.15 125.00
Bedder	1-row	65	1.100	1.00	Sep	6.84	5.95	5.61	5.94	2.200	11.00				35.35
Prebed	1-row	65	1.100	1.00	Oct	6.84	5.95	6.19	6.55	1.100	5.50				31.04
Bed, plastic, brom    Plastic    Methyl bromide    Drip tape	1-row roll lb roll	65	3.000	1.00	Oct	18.67	16.24	30.60	32.39	15.000	75.00	4.00 225.00 1.75	57.00 2.12 125.00	228.00 477.00 218.75	172.90 228.00 477.00 218.75
Hookup drip tape	hour			1.00	Oct							8.00	5.00	40.00	40.00
Hole puncher	1-row	65	1.100	1.00	Oct	6.84	5.95	0.02	0.70	2.200	11.00				24.52
Set up irrigation	hour			1.00	Oct							10.00	5.00	50.00	50.00
Custom plant (sb)    Strawberry plants	thous. thous.			1.00	Oct							16.00 16.00	15.00 65.00	240.00 1,040.00	240.00 1,040.00
Boom sprayer    Captan	12 ft lb	65	0.210	2.00	Nov	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	6.00	3.01	18.06	7.67 18.06
Boom sprayer    Benlate WP	12 ft lb	65	0.210	2.00	Nov	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	1.00	16.50	16.50	7.67 16.50
Tissue analysis	sample			5.00	Nov							5.00	30.00	150.00	150.00
Boom sprayer    Captan	12 ft lb	65	0.210	2.00	Dec	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	6.00	3.01	18.06	7.67 18.06
Boom sprayer    Benlate WP	12 ft lb	65	0.210	2.00	Dec	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	1.00	16.50	16.50	7.67 16.50
Boom sprayer    Captan    Wettable sulphur	12 ft lb lb	65	0.210	2.00	Jan	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	2.00 2.00	3.01 0.70	6.02 1.40	7.67 6.02 1.40
Boom sprayer    Benlate WP	12 ft lb	65	0.210	2.00	Jan	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	2.00	16.50	33.00	7.67 33.00
Boom sprayer    Captan    Wettable sulphur	12 ft lb lb	65	0.210	2.00	Feb	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	6.00 2.00	3.01 0.70	18.06 1.40	7.67 18.06 1.40
Boom sprayer    Benlate WP	12 ft lb	65	0.210	2.00	Feb	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	2.00	16.50	33.00	7.67 33.00
Irrigation Freeze protection	inch hour			3.00	Feb			11.03	74.65	3.000	15.00	3.00 6.00	5.00	30.00	100.68 30.00
Boom sprayer    Captan    Wettable sulphur	12 ft lb lb	65	0.210	2.00	Mar	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	10.00 2.00	3.01 0.70	30.10 1.40	7.67 30.10 1.40
Advertisement	acre			1.00	Mar							1.00	450.00	450.00	450.00
Boom sprayer    Benlate WP	12 ft lb	65	0.210	2.00	Mar	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	2.00	16.50	33.00	7.67 33.00
Remove irrigation	hour			1.00	Mar							8.00	5.00	40.00	40.00
Sup. harvest labor    Box	hour each			1.00	Mar							40.00 150.00	5.00 0.37	200.00 55.50	200.00 55.50
Boom sprayer    Captan    Rovral	12 ft lb lb	65	0.210	2.00	Apr	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	10.00 3.00	3.01 14.40	30.10 43.20	7.67 30.10 43.20
Boom sprayer    Benlate WP	12 ft lb	65	0.210	2.00	Apr	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	2.00	16.50	33.00	7.67 33.00
Sup. harvest labor    Box	hour each			1.00	Apr							80.00 600.00	5.00 0.37	400.00 222.00	400.00 222.00
Boom sprayer    Captan    Rovral	12 ft lb lb	65	0.210	2.00	May	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	2.00 3.00	3.01 14.01	6.02 43.20	7.67 6.02 43.20
Boom sprayer    Benlate WP	12 ft lb	65	0.210	2.00	May	2.61	2.27	0.24	0.44	0.420	2.10	2.00	16.50	33.00	7.67 33.00
Sup. harvest labor    Box	hour each			1.00	May							40.00 150.00	5.00 0.37	200.00 55.50	200.00 55.50
Boom sprayer    Gramoxone	12 ft pt	65	0.210	1.00	May	1.31	1.14	0.12	0.22	0.210	1.05	2.00	3.67	7.34	3.84 7.34
Subsoiler	2 shank	65	0.320	1.00	Jun	1.99	1.73	0.17	0.33	0.320	1.60				5.82
Trash disposal fee    Trash disp labor	acre hour			1.00	Jun							1.00 10.00	25.00 5.00	25.00 50.00	25.00 50.00
Disk	8 ft	65	0.250	1.00	Jun	1.56	1.35	0.54	1.08	0.250	1.25				5.78
Totals						86.80	75.51	59.25	131.08	31.250	156.25			4,762.71	5,271.60
Interest on operating capital															226.45
Unallocated labor															0.00
Total specified cost															5,498.04

Table 5. Estimated costs and returns per acre for commercial strawberry harvest (48-inch beds, 72-inch centers) in South Mississippi, 1997.
Item	Unit	Price	Quantity	Amount	Your farm