Table 19: Costs and Returns for Blueberries, Per Acre
Non Bearing Year, 2-3, Conventional Production Practices, Northeastern United States, 1996
|
| ITEM |
UNIT |
PRICE |
QUANTITY |
TOTAL |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Receipts |
|
|
|
|
| Blueberriesa |
lb |
|
0 |
$ – |
|
|
|
|
|
| Variable Costs |
|
|
|
|
| Fertilizer |
|
|
|
|
| N |
lb |
$ 0.32 |
130 |
$ 41.60 |
| P |
lb |
$ 0.32 |
40 |
$ 12.80 |
| K |
lb |
$ 0.14 |
40 |
$ 5.60 |
| Herbicides |
|
& nbsp; |
|
|
| Devrinol 50DF |
lb |
$ 8.15 |
12 |
$ 97.80 |
| Solicam DF |
lb |
$ 16.50 |
3 |
$ 49.50 |
| Fungicides |
|
|
|
|
| Lime Sulphur |
gallon |
$ 4.35 |
5 |
$ 21.75 |
| Other |
|
|
|
|
| Blueberry Plants |
each |
$ 2.00 |
20 |
$ 40.00 |
| Labor |
|
|
|
|
| Operator |
hr |
$ 14.48 |
3.88 |
$ 56.17 |
| Regular Hired |
hr |
$ 10.13 |
0.22 |
$ 2.19 |
| Hand Labor (Pruning) |
hr |
$ 10.13 |
15 |
$ 151.95 |
| Transplant Labor |
hr |
0.8 |
$ 5.79 |
| Irrigation |
|
|
|
|
| Operating Cost |
acre |
$ 200.00 |
1 |
$ 200.00 |
| Diesel Fuel |
|
|
|
|
| Tractors |
gallon |
$ 0 .969 |
4.181 |
$ 4.05 |
| Repair & Maintenance |
|
|
|
|
| Tractors |
acre |
$ 20.58 |
1 |
$ 20.58 |
| Implements |
acre |
$ 1.56 |
1 |
$ 1.56 |
| Sub-Total |
|
|
|
$ 711.34 |
| Interest on Operating Capitalb |
acre |
10% |
1 |
$ 35.57 |
| acre |
|
1 |
$ 746.91 |
| Returns Above Variable Costs |
acre |
|
1 |
$ (746.91) |
| Fixed Costs |
|
|
|
|
| Tractors |
acre |
$ 27.61 |
1 |
$ 27.61 |
| Implements |
acre |
$ 2.34 |
1 |
$ 2.34 |
| Land Charge |
acre |
$ 100.00 |
1 |
$ 100.00 |
| Total Fixed Costs |
acre |
|
1 |
$ 129.95 |
| Total Fixed & Variable Costs |
acre |
|
1 |
$ 876.86 |
| Management Feesb |
acre |
7% |
1 |
$ 54.38 |
| Total Costs |
acre |
|
1 |
$ 931.24 |
| Net Returns |
acre |
|
1 |
$ (931.24) |
aSee text for calculation assumptions.
bA light crop is expected to be picked in the third year, but its revenue is expected to cover the harvesting and marketing costs. |