|
Commercial Vegetables Budget
Farm info:
MUSKMELONS
(CANTALOUPE)
06/17/02
Projected Costs
and Returns per Acre
R
EVENUE
|
Name of Crops |
Quantity |
Units |
Price
|
Total
|
| Muskmelons
for food
|
12000 |
fruit |
$0.30 |
$3,600 |
| Other Income:
|
0 |
fruit |
$0.30 |
$0.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total revenue: |
|
|
|
$3,600 |
| EXPENSES |
|
|
|
|
| Planting |
|
|
|
|
| Herbicide |
|
|
|
|
| Gramoxone
extra |
1.5
|
gal
|
$28.25 |
$42.38 |
| Poast |
1.5
|
pint |
$22.50 |
$33.75 |
| Fertilizer (10-10-10) |
0 |
lbs |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
| Disk Plowing
|
1
|
acre |
$9.40 |
$9.40 |
| Transplants
|
1 |
acre |
$700.00 |
$700.00 |
| Transplants |
1 |
acre |
$700.00
|
$700.00
|
| Laying plastic mulch & irrigation
tape
|
1 |
acre |
$50.00
|
$50.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total
Planting: |
|
|
|
$835.53 |
| Preharvest
(Production): |
|
|
|
|
| Insecticide:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asana |
0.1875
|
gal |
$118.00 |
$22.13 |
| Methoxychlor |
0.78 |
gal |
$16.50
|
$12.87 |
| Thiodan 50W |
4
|
lbs |
$6.00
|
$24.00 |
| Kelthane 35 |
1.3
|
lbs |
$9.65 |
$12.55 |
| Bayleton |
0.25 |
lbs
|
$50.55 |
$12.64 |
| Bravo 720 |
2 |
gal |
$47.50 |
$95.00 |
| Ridomil MZ58
|
4 |
lbs |
$9.72 |
$38.88 |
| Benlate 50WP |
1 |
lbs |
$15.75
|
$15.75 |
|
Nitrogen
|
80 |
lbs |
$0.28 |
$22.40 |
| Phospate |
100 |
lbs |
$0.32
|
$32.00 |
| Potassium |
100
|
lbs |
$0.22
|
$22.00
|
| Water
|
1
|
acre
|
$100.00 |
$100.00 |
| Irrigation (labor) |
15 |
hour |
$7.00 |
$105.00 |
| Bee
hives
|
1
|
acre |
$25.00 |
$25.00 |
| Black mulch & irrigation tape |
1 |
acre |
$360.00 |
$360.00 |
| Total
Preharvest:
|
|
|
|
$900.21 |
| Harvest: |
|
|
|
|
| Custom
hauling
|
4 |
hours |
$10.00 |
$40.00 |
| Total
Harvest: |
|
|
|
$40.00
|
| Operating
capital interest (6 mo): |
$1,776
|
dol
|
10%
|
$88.79 |
| Total
Cash Expenses |
|
|
|
$1,864.52
|
| Overhead: |
|
|
|
|
| Land: |
1 |
acre |
$30.00 |
$30.00 |
| Irrigation |
1
|
acre |
$500.00
|
$500.00
|
| Total
Overhead: |
|
|
|
$530.00 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Total
All Expenses: |
|
|
|
$2,394.52 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Net
Projected Returns: |
|
|
|
$1,205.48 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Breakeven
price per lb sold: |
|
|
|
$0.20 |
|
