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Farm info:                            Pumpkin Dry Land                               06/17/02

                          Projected Costs and Returns per Acre                                    

R EVENUE

Name of Crops

Quantity

Units

Price

Total

Pumpkins for food:

1200

pcs

$2.00

$2,400.00

Total revenue:

$2,400.00

EXPENSES
Planting

 

 

Herbicide

 

 

 

 

Command

0.13

acre

$82.00

$10.66

Poast

0.19

acre

$104.00

$19.76

Fertilizer (10-10-10)

1000

lbs

$0.08

$75.00

Seeds

100

lbs

$0.50

$50.00

Lime

1

ton

$25.00

$25.00

Disking

1

acre

$9.40

$9.40

Row conditioning

1

acre

$9.80

$9.80

Total Planting

$105.42

Preharvest (Production):
Insecticide:

 

 

 

Asana

0.06

gal

$118.00

$7.08

Methoxychlor

0.78

gal

$16.50

$12.87

Thiodan 50W

4

lbs.

$6.00

$24.00

Fungicide

 

 

 

 

Bayleton

0.75

lbs

$58.80

$44.10

Bravo 720

1.5

gal

$49.95

$74.93

Ridomil/Bravo 81SP

12

lbs

$13.50

$162.00

Nitrogen:

80

lbs

$0.33

$26.40

Phospate:

100

lbs

$0.22

$22.00

Potassium

100

lbs

$0.14

$14.00

Labor

1

acre

$25.00

$25.00

Total Preharvest:  

 

$452.38

Harvest:

$537.02

Custom harvesting

1200

pcs

$0.25

$300.00

Custom hauling:

1

acre

$100.00

$100.00

Total Harvest:

 

$400

Operating capital interest (6 mo):

$958

dol

10%

$48

Total Cash Expenses:

$1,006

Overhead:

$0.56

         
Land:

1

acre

$40.00

$40

         
Total All Expenses:      

$1,046

Net Projected Returns:      

$1,354

Breakeven price per melon sold:      

$0.87

Upcoming

Crop Budgets

 

 

 

 

 

 

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