Table 51: Costs and Returns for Fresh Market Red Raspberries, Per Acre
Integrated Crop Management, Northeastern United States, 1996
|
| ITEM |
LAND PREPARATION |
ESTABLISHMENT YEAR |
MATURE PLANTING |
|
|
|
|
| Receipts |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 10,000.00 |
|
|
|
|
| Variable Costs |
|
|
|
| Fertilizer and Lime |
$ 50.00 |
$ 7.80 |
$ 7.80 |
| Herbicides |
$ 22.05 |
$ – |
$ 92.42 |
| Insecticides |
$ – |
$ 21.06 |
$ 32.09 |
| Fungicides |
$ – |
$ 35.00 |
$ 236.13 |
| Seed |
$ 18.00 |
$ 52.50 |
$ – |
| Plants |
$ – |
$ 1,870.00 |
$ – |
| Irrigation |
$ – |
$ 530.00 |
$ 120.00 |
| Mulch |
$ – |
$ 100.00 |
$ – |
| Trellis |
$ – |
$ 1,075.00 |
$ – |
| Raspberry Leaf Test |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 14.00 |
| Labor |
$ 30.22 |
$ 316.03 |
$ 4,354.07 |
| Fuel |
$ 6.20 |
$ 7.57 |
$ 9.10 |
| Repairs and Maintenance |
$ 8.52 |
$ 8.93 |
$ 9.93 |
| Marketing Costs (approx.) |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 1,200.00 |
| Sub-total |
$ 134.99 |
$ 4,023.89 |
$ 6,075.54 |
| Int erest on Operating Capitala |
$ 6.75 |
$ 201.19 |
$ 176.19 |
| Total Variable Costs |
$ 141.74 |
$ 4,225.08 |
$ 6,251.73 |
| Returns Above Variable Costs |
$ (141.74) |
$ (4,22 5.08) |
$ 3,748.27 |
| Fixed Costs |
|
|
|
| Equipment |
$ 16.76 |
$ 18.52 |
$ 19.80 |
| Land |
$ 100.00 |
$ 100.00 |
$ 100.00 |
| Pre-Production Cost Allocationb |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 545.54 |
| Total Fixed Costs |
$ 116.76 |
$ 118.52 |
$ 665.34 |
| Total Fixed & Variable Costs |
$ 258.50 |
$ 4,343.60 |
$ 6,917.07 |
| Management Feesa |
$ 11.09 |
$ 297.05 |
$ 477.19 |
| Total Costs |
$ 269.59 |
$ 4,640.66 |
$ 7,394.27 |
| Net Returns |
$ (269.59) |
$ (4,640.66) |
$ 2,605.73 |