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Chili Pepper - Table 6

Chili Pepper Production Practices and Sample Costs

Table 6. RANGING ANALYSIS TO PRODUCE CHILI PEPPER
Coachella Valley-1995/1996

COSTS PER ACRE AT VARYING YIELDS TO PRODUCE CHILI PEPPER
  Yield (BOX/ACRE)
  900100011001200130014001500
OPERATING COSTS/ACRE
Preplant Cost 596 596 596 596 596 596 596
Cultural Cost 757 757 757 757 757 757 757
Harvest Costs 4417 4907 5398 5889 6380 6870 7361
 
Interest on operating capital 78 80 83 85 87 90 92
 
TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/ACRE 5847 6340 6833 7326 7820 8313 8806
TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/BOX 6.50 6.34 6.21 6.11 6.02 5.94 5.87
 
CASH OVERHEAD COSTS/ACRE 261 261 261 261 261 261 261
 
TOTAL CASH COSTS/ACRE 6108 6601 7094 7588 8081 8574 9067
TOTAL CASH COSTS/BOX 6.79 6.60 6.45 6.32 6.22 6.12 6.04
 
NON-CASH OVERHEAD COSTS/ACRE 169 170 172 174 175 177 179
 
TOTAL COSTS/ACRE 6276 6771 7266 7761 8256 8751 9246
TOTAL COSTS/BOX 6.97 6.77 6.61 6.47 6.35 6.25 6.16
NET RETURNS PER ACRE ABOVE OPERATING COSTS FOR CHILI PEPPER
  Yield (BOX/ACRE)
PRICE ($ PER BOX)900100011001200130014001500
5.00 -1347 -1340 -1333 -1326 -1320 -1313 -1306
5.50 -897 -840 -783 -726 -670 -613 -556
6.00 -447 -340 -233 -126 -20 87 194
6.50 3 160 317 474 630 787 944
7.00 453 660 867 1074 1280 1487 1694
7.50 903 1160 1417 1674 1930 2187 2444
8.80 1353 1660 1967 2274 2580 2887 3194
NET RETURNS PER ACRE ABOVE CASH COSTS FOR CHILI PEPPER
  Yield (BOX/ACRE)
PRICE ($ PER BOX)900100011001200130014001500
5.00 -1608 -1601 -1594 -1588 -1581 -1574 -1567
5.50 -1158 -1101 -1044 -988 -931 -874 -817
6.00 -708 -601 -494 -388 -281 -174 -67
6.50 -258 -101 56 212 369 526 683
7.00 192 399 606 812 1019 1226 1433
7.50 642 899 1156 1412 1669 1926 2183
8.80 1092 1399 1706 2012 2319 2626 2933
NET RETURNS PER ACRE ABOVE TOTAL COSTS FOR CHILI PEPPERS
  Yield (BOX/ACRE)
PRICE ($ PER BOX)900100011001200130014001500
5.00 -1776 -1771 -1766 -1761 -1756 -1751 -1746
5.50 -1326 -1271 -1216 -1161 -1106 -1051 -996
6.00 -876 -771 -666 -561 -456 -351 -264
6.50 -426 -271 -116 39 194 349 504
7.00 24 229 434 639 844 1049 1254
7.50 474 729 984 1239 1494 1749 2004
8.80 924 1229 1534 1839 2144 2449 2754

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