Table 59: Costs and Returns for Tomato (Fresh Market), Per Acre
Integrated Crop Management, Northeastern United States, 1996 |
| IT EM | UNIT | PRICE | QUANTITY | TOTAL |
| Receipts | ||||
| Tomatoes | crt | $ 8.45 | 800 | $ 6,760.00 |
| Variable Costs | ||||
| Apply Calcium Lime | ton | $ 50.00 | 1 | $ 50.00 |
| Fertilizer | ||||
| N | pound | $ 0.28 | 50 | $ 14.00 |
| P | pound | $ 0.32 | 120 | $ 38.40 |
| K | pound | $ 0.22 | 75 | $ 16.50 |
| Herbicides | ||||
| Devrinol | pound | $ 8.40 | 3 | $ 25.20 |
| Sencor 75DF | pound | $ 25.50 | 0.66 | $ 16.83 |
| Poast | gallon | $ 104.00 | 0.5 | $ 52.00 |
| Fungicides | ||||
| Ridomil Gold 2E | gallon | $ 160.00 | 0.25 | $ 20.00 |
| Bravo 720 | gallon | $ 49.45 | 0.4 | $ 19.78 |
| Manzate 200 | pound | $ 2.78 | 1.5 | $ 4.17 |
| Insecticides | ||||
| Admire | gallon | $ 525.00 | 0.125 | $ 65.63 |
| Other | ||||
| Black Smooth Mulch | acre | $ 150.00 | 1 | $ 150.00 < /td> |
| Tomato Transplants | acre | $ 450.00 | 1 | $ 450.00 |
| Labor | ||||
| Operator | hour | $ 14.48 | 5.44 | $ 78.77 |
| Regular Hired | hour | $ 10.13 | 15 | $ 151.95 |
| Harvesting | acre | $ 800.00 | 1 | $ 800.00 |
| Packing an d Grading | acre | $ 250.00 | 1 | $ 250.00 |
| Irrigation | ||||
| Trickle Irrigation | acre | $ 300.00 | 1 | $ 300.00 |
| Diesel Fuel | ||||
| Tractors | gallon | $ 0.969 | 11 | $ 10.66 |
| Repair & Maintenance | ||||
| Tractors | acre | $ 24.37 | 1 | $ 24.37 |
| Equipment | acre | $ 14.26 | 1 | $ 14.26 |
| Marketing Costs | ||||
| Picking Baskets | basket | $ 1.30 | 50 | $ 65.00 |
| Pa cking Boxes | box | $ 1.20 | 800 | $ 960.00 |
| Selling Charge | gross revenue | 3% | $ 202.80 | |
| Sub-Total | $ 3,780.32 | |||
| Interest on Operating Capitala | acre | 10% | 1 | $ 64.02 |
| Total Variable Costs | acre | 1 | $ 3,844.34 | |
| Returns Above Variable Costs | acre | 1 | $ 2,915.66 | |
| Fixed Costs | ||||
| Tractors | acre | $ 5.89 | 1 | $ 5.89 |
| Implements | acre | $ 17.68 | 1 | $ 17.68 |
| Land Charge | acre | $ 100.00 | 1 | $ 100.00 |
| Total Fixed Costs | acre | 1 | $ 123.57 | |
| Total Fixed & Variable Costs | acre | 1 | $ 3,967.91 | |
| Management Feesa | acre | 7% | 1 | $ 270.75 |
| Total Costs | acre | 1 | $ 4,238.66 | |
| Net Returns | acre | 1 | $ 2,521.34 |
| aSee text for calculation assumptions. |