Table 58: Costs and Returns for Sweet Corn (Mid to Late Season), Per Acre
Integrated Crop Management, Northeastern United States, 1996
|
| ITEM |
UNIT |
PRICE |
QUANTITY |
TOTAL |
| Receipts |
|
|
|
|
| Sweet Corn |
crt |
$ 8.40 |
240 |
$ 2,016.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
100 |
$ 24.00 |
| 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 |
| La bor |
|
|
|
|
| Operator |
hour |
$ 14.48 |
3.82 |
$ 55.31 |
| Hand Harvesting |
acre |
$ 140.00 |
1 |
$ 140.00 |
| Packing and Grading |
acre |
$ 140.00 |
1 |
$ 140.00 |
| 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 |
| Impl ements |
acre |
$ 5.58 |
1 |
$ 5.58 |
| Marketing |
|
|
|
|
| Packing Crates |
crate |
$ 1.40 |
240 |
$ 336.00 |
| Selling Charge |
gross revenue |
3% |
|
$ 60.48 |
| Sub-Total |
|
|
|
$ 1,308.29 |
| Interest on Operating Capitala |
acre |
|
1 |
$ 24.88 |
| Total Variable Costs |
acre |
|
1 |
$ 1,333.17 |
| Returns Above Variable Costs |
acre |
|
1 |
$ 682.83 |
| Fixed Costs |
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
$ 1,455.43 |
| Management Fees a |
acre |
7% |
1 |
$ 94.88 |
| Total Costs |
acre |
|
1 |
$ 1,550.31 |
| Net Returns |
acre |
|
1 |
$ 465.69 |