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Commercial Vegetables Budget
Farm info:
SOUTHERN PEA or COWPEA
06/17/02
Projected Costs
and Returns per Acre
R
EVENUE
|
Name of Crops |
Quantity |
Units |
Price
|
Total
|
| Peas
for food
|
1200 |
lbs. |
$1.00 |
$1,200 |
| Other Income:
|
0 |
lbs. |
$1.00 |
$0.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total revenue: |
|
|
|
$1,200 |
| EXPENSES |
|
|
|
|
| Planting |
|
|
|
|
| Herbicide |
1 |
acre |
$48.00
|
$48.00 |
| Dual |
0.31
|
gal
|
$58.90
|
$18.26 |
| Basagran |
0.19
|
gal |
$25.24 |
$4.80 |
| Poast |
0.31 |
gal |
$104.50 |
$32.40 |
| Seed:
|
40 |
lbs |
$5.00 |
$200.00 |
| Nitrogen
|
50 |
lbs
|
$0.33 |
$16.50 |
| Potash |
50 |
lbs |
$0.14 |
$7.00 |
| Lime
|
1 |
ton |
$25.00 |
$25.00 |
| Disking |
1
|
acre |
$9.80
|
$9.80 |
| Disk Plowing
|
1 |
acre |
$9.40 |
$9.40 |
| Cultivating |
1
|
acre
|
$7.50
|
$7.50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total
Planting |
|
|
|
$378.65 |
| Preharvest
(Production): |
|
|
|
|
| Insecticide:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asana |
0.124
|
gal |
$118.00 |
$14.63 |
| Lannate |
0.5 |
gal |
$39.00 |
$19.50 |
| Nitrogen: |
15 |
lbs |
$0.25
|
$3.75 |
| Phospate:
|
30
|
lbs |
$0.29 |
$8.70 |
| Potash |
60
|
lbs
|
$0.22 |
$13.20 |
| Pesticide |
4 |
appl |
$4.50 |
$18.00 |
| Fungicide |
|
|
|
|
| Benlate |
2 |
lbs |
$7.34 |
$14.68 |
| Ridomil
|
0.375 |
gal
|
$70.00 |
$26.25 |
| Labor: |
10 |
hour |
|
|
|
Other
|
1 |
acre |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
| Other |
1 |
acre |
$0.00
|
$0.00 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Total
Preharvest:
|
|
|
|
$168.71 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Harvest:
|
1
|
acre |
$45.00 |
$45.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Operating
capital interest (6 mo):
|
$592 |
dol |
12.00%
|
$71.08 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total
Cash Expenses:
|
|
|
|
$663.44 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Overhead: |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Implements |
1 |
acre |
$17.68
|
$17.68 |
| Land: |
1 |
acre |
$30.00 |
$30.00 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Total
Overhead |
|
|
|
$47.68 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Total
All Expenses: |
|
|
|
$711.12 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Net
Projected Returns: |
|
|
|
$488.88 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Breakeven
price per lb sold: |
|
|
|
$0.59 |
|
