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Table 24: Costs and Returns for Cranberries, Per Acre

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Table 24: Costs and Returns for Cranberries, Per Acre

20-40 Acre Operation, Light Fruit Bearing Years, 3-5,
Conventional Production Practices, Northeastern United States, 1996

$ 0.50 $ 11.50

ITEM UNIT PRICE QUANTITY TOTAL
Receipts
Cranberries bbls $ 57.40 90 $ 5,166.00
Variable Costs
Fertilizer
N lb $ 1.20 35 $ 42.00
P lb 60 $ 30.00
K lb $ 0.54 110 $ 59.40
Herbicides
Devrinol 10G lb $ 1.89 70 $ 132.30
Roundup gal $ 50.00 0.06 $ 3.00
Fungicides &nb sp;
Dithane lb $ 2.30 5
Bravo 90DG lb $ 7.30 8 $ 58.40
Insecticides
Lorsban 4E gal $ 43.75 0.75 $ 32.81
Other
Aerial Applications each $ 13.00 9 $ 117. 00
Sanding each 4th yr & misc. per year $ 300.00 1 $ 300.00
Pollination hive $ 45.00 2 $ 90.00
Labor
Operator hours $ 14.48 15 $ 217.20
Regular Hired hours $ 10.13 10 $ 101.30
Seasonal Hired hours $ 7.24 48 $ 347.52
Fuel & Oil
Fuel & Oil acre $ 95.00 1 $ 95.00
Repair & Maintenance
Machinery and Equipment acre $ 320.00 1 $ 320.00
Miscellaneous
Supplies acre $ 40.00 1 $ 40.00
Utilities acre $ 70.00 1 $ 70.00
Irrigation
Operating Costs acre $ 200.00 1 $ 200.00
Sub Total $ 2,067.43
Interest on Operating Capitala acre 10% 1 $ 59.96
Total Variable Cost $ 2,127.39
Returns above Vari able Cost acre 1 $ 3,038.61
Fixed Costs
Equipment acre $ 550.00 1 $ 550.00
Buildings acre $ 100.00 1 $ 100.00
Bog land rent acre $ 250.00 1 $ 250.00
Preproduction Cost Allocationb acre $ 1,706.97 1 $ 1,706.97
Total Fixed Costs acre 1 $ 2,606.97
Total Fixed & Variable Costs acre 1 $ 4,734.36
Management Feesa acre 7% 1 $ 313.91
Total Costs acre 1 $ 5,048.26
Net Returns acre   1 $ 117.74

a See text for calculation assumptions.
b See Appendix Table A4.