Planting Year, Conventional Production Practices, Northeastern United States, 1996
< table border=”1″ cellspacing=”0″ cellpadding=”3″ bordercolor=”#336666″ width=”90%” align=”center”> ITEM UNIT PRICE QUANTITY TOTAL Receipts Blueberries lb 0 $ – Variable Costs ; Custom Soil Test field $ 1.00 1 $ 1.00 Fertilizer N lb $ 0.32 50 $ 16.00 P lb $ 0.32 50 $ 16.00 K lb $ 0.14 50 $ 7.00 Herbicides Sinbar 80W lb $ 24.65 2.5 $ 61.63 Karmex lb $ 4.36 2.5 $ 10.90 Other Blueberry Plants each $ 2.00 1,088 $ 2,176.00 Labor Operator hr $ 14.48 6.09 $ 88.18 Regular Hired hr $ 10.13 0.14 $ 1.46 Hand Labor hr $ 7.24 26 $ 188.24 Transplanting Labor hr $ 7.24 24 $ 173.76 Irrigation< /td> Install Solid Set Irrigation acre $ 2,000.00 1 $ 2,000.00 Operating Cost acre $ 200.00 1 $ 200.00 Diesel Fuel Tractors gallon $ 0.969 11.79 $ 11.42 Repair & Maintenance Tractors acre $ 24.24 1 $ 24.24 Implements acre $ 4.55 1 $ 4.55 Sub-Total $ 4,980.38 Interest on Operating Capitala acre 10% 1 $ 249.02 Total Variable Costs acre 1 $ 5,229.40 Returns Above Variable Costs acre 1 $ (5,229.40) Fixed Costs Tractors acre $ 37.05 1 $ 37.05 Implements acre $ 7.11 1 $ 7.11 Land Charge acre $ 100.00 1 $ 100.00 Total Fixed Costs acre 1 $ 144.16 Total Fixed & Variable Costs acre 1 $ 5,373.56 Management Fees a acre 7% 1 $ 369.15 Total Costs acre 1 $ 5,742.71 Net Returns acre 1 $ (5,742.71)