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Chili Pepper Production Practices and Sample Costs

Table 3. MONTHLY CASH COSTS PER ACRE TO PRODUCE CHILI PEPPER
Coachella Valley - 1995/1996

MONTHLY CASH COSTS PER ACRE TO PRODUCE CHILI PEPPER
NOV 94-OCT 9519941995  
NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctSUM
Preplant:
Chop Prior Crop Residue 4                       4
Disc 7                       7
Plow 12                       12
Disc 2X 23                       23
Leveling - Land Plane 14                       14
Custom Manure Application 75                       75
List   8                     8
Pre-Irrigation   55                     55
Roll cultivate beds   5                     5
Shape Beds - mulch & t-tape     326                   326
Plumb layflat & irrigate     55                   55
Punch holes in mulch       12                 12
TOTAL PREPLANT COSTS 135 67 381 12                 596
Cultural:
Trasplant peppers       524                 524
Fertigation - Drip         59 59             119
Clip weed seedlings         29               29
Cultivate Beds         7               7
Irrigation - Drip             38 38         77
TOTAL CULTURAL COSTS       524 96 59 38 38         757
Harvest:
Hand Pick & Pack Peppers             1863 1863         3727
Ship to LA Market             301 301         602
LA Broker Commission             780 780         1560
TOTAL HARVEST COSTS             2944 2944         5889
Interest on oper. capital 1 2 6 11 12 12 41           85
TOTAL OPERATING COST/ACRE 136 69 387 547 108 72 3024 2983         7326
TOTAL OPERATING COST/BOX 0.11 0.06 0.32 0.46 0.09 0.06 2.52 2.49         6.11
Overhead:
Land Rent 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17         133
Office Expense 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4         30
Liability Insurance 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3         25
Sanitation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0         0
Property Taxes     6           6       11
Property Insurance     4           4       8
Investment Repairs 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 54
TOTAL CASH OVERHEAD COST 28 28 37 28 28 28 28 28 14 4 4 4 261
TOTAL CASH COSTS/ACRE 164 97 424 575 136 100 3052 3011 14 4 4 4 7588
TOTAL CASH COSTS/BOX 0.14 0.08 0.35 0.48 0.11 0.08 2.54 2.51 0.01 0 0 0 6.32

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