Table 57: Costs and Returns for Sweet Corn (Early Season), Per Acre
Integrated Crop Management, Northeastern United States, 1996 |
< td align=”left”> Fixed Costs
| ITEM | UNIT | PRICE | QUANTITY | TOTAL |
| Receipts | ||||
| Sweet Corn | crt | $ 12.14 | 192 | $ 2,331.00 |
| Variable Costs | ||||
| Custom | ||||
| Apply Calcium Lime | ton | $ 25.00 | 0.5 | $ 12.50 |
| Cultivating | acre | $ 7.60 | 3 | $ 22.80 |
| Fertilizer | ||||
| N | pound | $ 0.24 | 90 | $ 21.60 |
| P | pound | $ 0.23 | 80 | $ 18.40 |
| K | pound | $ 0.14 | 40 | $ 5.60 |
| Herbicides | ||||
| Bladex 4L | gallon | $ 24.00 | 0.5 | $ 12.00 |
| Dual 8E | gallon | $ 58.90 | 0.18 | $ 10.60 |
| Insecticides | ||||
| Asana XL | gallon | $ 118.00 | 0.53 | $ 62.54 |
| Lannate LV | gallon | $ 44.00 | 1.3 | $ 57.20 |
| Sevin 80S | pound | $ 3.78 | 8.75 | $ 33.08 |
| Counter 15G | pound | $ 1.67 | 8.7 | $ 14.53 |
| Corn Seed | ||||
| Seed | pound | $ 7.50 | 12 | $ 90.00 |
| Labor | ||||
| Operator | hour | $ 14.48 | 3.82 | $ 55.31 |
| Hand Harvesting | acre | $ 140.00 | 1 | $ 140.00 |
| Packing and Grading | acre | $ 125.00 | 1 | $ 125.00 |
| Irrigation | ||||
| Overhead Irrigation | acre | $ 192.00 | 1 | $ 192.00 |
| Diesel Fuel | ||||
| Tractors | gallon | $ 0.969 | 10.33 | $ 10.00 |
| Repair & Maintenance | ||||
| Tractors | acre | $ 5.67 | 1 | $ 5.67 |
| Implements | acre | $ 5.58 | 1 | $ 5.58 |
| Marketing | ||||
| Packing Crates | crate | $ 1.40 | 192 | $ 269.00 |
| Selling Charges | gross revenue | 3% | $ 69.93 | |
| Sub-Total | $ 1,233.34 | |||
| Interest on Operating Capitala | acre | 10% | 1 | $ 23.27 |
| Total Variable Costs | acre | 1 | $ 1,256.61 | |
| Returns Above Variable Costs | acre | 1 | $ 1,074.39 | |
| Tractors | acre | $ 12.28 | 1 | $ 12.28 |
| Implements | acre | $ 9.98 | 1 | $ 9.98 |
| Land Charge | acre | $ 100.00 | 1 | $ 100.00 |
| Total Fixed Costs | acre | 1 | $ 122.26 | |
| Total Fixed & Variable Costs | acre | 1 | $ 1,378.87 | |
| Management Feesa | acre | 7% | 1 | $ 89.52 |
| Total Costs | acre | 1 | $ 1,468.39 | |
| Net Returns | acre | 1 | $ 862.61 |
aSee text for calculation assumptions.