Production Cost Work Sheet Example
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| Planting Date: Fall 1998 | Example Crop: Pole Tomatoes |
| CULTURAL OPERATION | EXAMPLE COST |
| Land Preparation - Not Required Each Year | |
| (Total growing costs do not include these items.) | |
| Subsoil (mechanical operations at customs rates) | 30.00 |
| Fumigate (field/bed) | 1,250.00/350.00 |
| Mulch beds (black plastic, 48" x 1.5 mil) | 350.00 |
| Install new drip system (filters, etc.) | 650.00 |
| Land Preparation - Annual | |
| Disc 4x | 20.00 |
| Mark beds/lay tape/fertilize | 8.00 |
| Drip tape | 150.00 |
| Herbicide + Applic. (custom rate of application included in cost) | 40.00 |
| Fertilizer (banded preplant 11-48-0) | 30.00 |
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| TOTAL LAND PREPARATION - ANNUAL | $248.00 |
Growing Period | |
| Seed | 100.00 |
| Transplanting (0.075/plant x 6,000 + 45 hrs. labor) | 709.00 |
| Irrigation (3 acre feet of water @ $400/acre ft.) | 1,200.00 |
| Prune 2x (35 hrs. labor) | 201.00 |
| Stake (20 hrs. labor) | 115.00 |
| String 6x (55 hrs. labor) | 316.00 |
| Twine | 150.00 |
| Cultivate 2x | 14.00 |
| Hand Weed 2x (12 hrs. labor) | 69.00 |
| Fertilizer (300 units of 12-12-12 @ $0.052/unit) | 156.00 |
| Pest and Disease Control (20 x $25/acre drag line) | 500.00 |
| Pest Control Advisor ($10/acre/mo. x 7 mo.) | 70.00 |
| Insecticides and Fungicides | 250.00 |
| Pull Stakes (35 hrs. labor) | 201.00 |
| Disc and Roll Refuse 2x | 14.00 |
| -------------------- | |
| TOTAL GROWING COSTS | $4,065.00 |
| Overhead | |
| Land Rent ($30/acre/mo. x 7 mo.) | 210.00 |
| Cash Overhead (12% of preharvest cost and rent) | 537.00 |
| -------------------- | |
| $747.00 |
| TOTAL PREHARVEST COSTS | $5,060.00 |
| Harvest, Pack, and Sell | |
| Pick and Haul to Shed ($1.30/box x 3,000) | 3,900.00 |
| Pack ($2.00/box x 3,000) | 6,000.00 |
| Sell (8% x 3,000 x $6.00 avg. sale price) | 1,440.00 |
| -------------------- | |
| TOTAL HARVEST, PACK, & SELL | $11,340.00 |
| TOTAL PREHARVEST COSTS | $5,060.00 |
| TOTAL HARVEST, PACK AND SELL | $11,340.00 |
| TOTAL ALL COSTS | $16,400.00 |
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