Table 50: Costs and Returns for Blueberries, Per Acre
Integrated Crop Management, Northeastern United States, 1996
|
| ITEM |
LAND PREPARATION |
ESTABLISHMENT YEAR |
MATURE PLANTING |
|
|
|
|
| Receipts |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 6,312.00 |
|
|
|
|
| Variable Costs |
|
|
|
| Fertilizer |
$ 293.00 |
$ 56.00 |
$ 112.00 |
| Herbicide |
$ – |
$ 112.32 |
$ 194.04 |
| Insecticide |
$ – |
$ 8.94 |
$ 21.26 |
| Fungicide |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 56.78 |
| Ryegrass Seed |
$ 38.10 |
$ – |
$ – |
| Plants |
$ – |
$ 2,176.00 |
$ 8.00 |
| Irrigation Installation |
$ – |
$ 2,000.00 |
$ – |
| Irrigation Operating Cost |
$ – |
$ 200.00 |
$ 200.00 |
| Bee Rental |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 50.00 |
| Labor |
$ 55.74 |
$ 451.64 |
$ 2,780.69 |
| Fuel |
$ 11.60 |
$ 11.42 |
$ 11.92 |
| Repairs and Maintenance |
$ 10.46 |
$ 10.16 |
$ 6.39 |
| Marketing |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 1,131.60 |
| Sub-Total |
$ 408.90 |
$ 5,026.48 |
$ 4,572.68 |
| Interest on Operating Capitala |
$ 20.45 |
$ 251.32 |
$ 132.61 |
| Total Variable Costs |
$ 429.35 |
$ 5,277.80 |
$ 4,705.29 |
| $ (429.35) |
$ (5,277.80) |
$ 1,606.71 |
| Fixed Costs |
|
|
|
| Machinery and Equipment |
$ 21.91 |
$ 44.16 |
$ 12.62 |
| Land |
$ 100.00 |
$ 100.00 |
$ 100.00 |
| Pre-Production Cost Allocationb |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 1,041.96 |
| Total Fixed Costs |
$ 121.91 |
$ 144.16 |
$ 1,154.58 |
| Total Fixed & Variable Costs |
$ 551.26 |
$ 5,421.96 |
$ 5,859.87 |
| Management Feesa |
$ 31.59 |
$ 372.54 |
$ 403.19 |
| Total Costs |
$ 582.84 |
$ 5,794.50 |
$ 6,263.06 |
| Net Returns |
$ (582.84) |
$ (5,794. 50) |
$ 48.94 |