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Commercial Vegetables Budget
Farm info:
SEEDLESS WATERMELONS
06/17/02
Projected Costs
and Returns per Acre
R
EVENUE
|
Name of Crops |
Quantity |
Units |
Price
|
Total
|
| Watermelons
for food
|
20000
|
lbs. |
$0.10 |
$2,000.00 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Total revenue: |
|
|
|
$2,000.00 |
| EXPENSES |
|
|
|
|
| Planting |
|
|
|
|
| Herbicide |
1
|
acre
|
$48.00
|
$48.00 |
| Nitrogen |
40
|
lbs
|
$0.33
|
$13.20 |
| Plastic mulch |
2000
|
ft. |
$86.00 |
$86.00 |
| Transplants: |
1000 |
plants |
$0.20 |
$200.00 |
| Planting labor:
|
10
|
hour |
$5.00 |
$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
|
|
|
|
$441.40 |
| Preharvest
(Production):
|
|
|
|
|
| Soil insecticide:
|
4 |
appl |
$8.00 |
$32.00 |
| Nitrogen: |
40
|
lbs |
$0.33
|
$13.20 |
| Phospate: |
60
|
lbs. |
$0.22 |
$13.20 |
| Phosphate starter
|
8
|
oz. |
$1.00
|
$8.00 |
|
Potash |
50
|
lbs |
$0.14
|
$7.00 |
| Pesticide |
4 |
appl |
$4.50 |
$18.00 |
| Fungicide |
4
|
appl |
$7.00
|
$28.00 |
| Irrigation |
1 |
acre |
$100.00
|
$100.00 |
| Mulching and t-tape |
1
|
acre |
$360.00 |
$360.00 |
| Labor |
6 |
hours |
$4.50
|
$27.00 |
| Beehive Rental
|
0.5
|
hive |
$40.00 |
$20.00 |
| Other:
|
1
|
acre |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
| Total
Preharvest: |
|
|
|
$626.40 |
| Harvest:
|
|
|
|
$537.02 |
| Harvest & Sell: |
20000 |
lbs |
$0.01
|
$200.00 |
| Operating
capital interest (6 mo): |
1,268 |
dol |
10.00% |
$63.39 |
| Total
Cash Expenses:
|
|
|
|
$1,331.19 |
| Overhead: |
|
|
|
|
| Land:
|
1 |
acre |
$30.00 |
$30.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total
All Expenses:
|
|
|
|
$1,361.19 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Net
Projected Returns:
|
|
|
|
$638.81 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Breakeven
price per melon: |
|
|
|
$0.07 |
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