Table 52: Costs and Returns for Fresh Market Strawberries, Per Acre
Integrated Crop Management, Northeastern United States, 1996
|
| I TEM |
LAND PREPARATION |
ESTABLISHMENT YEAR |
MATURE PLANTING |
|
|
|
|
| Receipts |
|
|
$ 7,000.00 |
|
|
|
|
| Variable Costs |
|
|
|
| Fertilizer and Lime |
$ 50.00 |
$ 13.00 |
$ 15.60 |
| Herbicides |
$ 22.05 |
$ 91.08 |
$ 198.19 |
| Insecticides |
$ – |
$ 21.06 |
$ 24.91 |
| Fungicides |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 83.15 |
| Seed |
$ 18.00 |
$ – |
$ – |
| Plants |
$ – |
$ 552.50 |
$ – |
| Irrigation |
$ – |
$ 810.00 |
$ 100.00 |
| Mulch |
$ – |
$ 225.00 |
$ 225.00 |
| Labor |
$ 30.22 |
$ 477.80 |
$ 5,232.10 |
| Fuel |
$ 6.20 |
$ 13.95 |
$ 17.20 |
| Repairs and Maintenance |
$ 8.52 |
$ 16.44 |
$ 27.58 |
| Marketing Costs (approx.) |
$ – |
$ – |
$ 840.00 |
| Sub-Total |
$ 134.99 |
$ 2,220.83 |
$ 6,763.73 |
| Interest on Operating Capitala |
$ 6.75 |
$ 111.04 |
$ 196.15 |
| Total Variable Costs |
$ 141.74 |
$ 2,331.87 |
$ 6,959.88 |
| Returns Above Variable Costs |
$ (141.74) |
$ (1,548.81) |
$ 40.12 |
| Fixed Costs |
|
|
|
| Equipment |
$ 16.76 |
$ 33.94 |
$ 61.73 |
| Land< /td> |
$ 100.00 |
$ 100.00 |
$ 100.00 |
| Pre-Production Cost Allocationb |
|
|
$ 633.37 |
| Total Fixed Costs |
$ 116.76 |
$ 133.94 |
$ 795.10 |
| Total Fixed & Variable Costs |
$ 258.50 |
$ 2,465.81 |
$ 7,754.98 |
| Management Feesa |
$ 18.09 |
$ 165. 61 |
$ 535.85 |
| Total Costs |
$ 276.59 |
$ 2,631.42 |
$ 8,290.83 |
| Net Returns |
$ (276.59) |
$ (1,793.55) |
$ (1,290.83) |