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Eggplant - Table 2

Eggplant Production Practices and Sample Costs

Table 2. COSTS AND RETURNS TO PRODUCE EGGPLANT
Coachella Valley - 1996

  • Labor Rate:
    • $7.04/hr. machine labor
    • $7.04/hr. non-machine labor
  • Interest Rate: 11.61%
COSTS AND RETURNS TO PRODUCE EGGPLANT
  Quantity/AcreUnitPrice or Cost/UnitValue or Cost/AcreYour Cost
GROSS RETURNS
  Eggplant 1300 Box 7.75 10075  
TOTAL GROSS RETURNS FOR EGGPLANT   5425  
 
OPERATING COSTS:
Water:
  Water 72.00 AcIn 5.68 409  
Custom:
  Chicken Manure 1.00 Acre 100.00 100  
  Drip Tape 1.00 Acre 105.00 105  
  Plastic Mulch 1.00 Acre 250.00 250  
  Methyl Bromide 1.00 Acre 384.00 384  
  Hand Weed 1.00 Acre 50.00 50  
  Cleanup Costs 1.00 Acre 100.00 100  
Rent:
  Drip Tape Injector 1.00 Acre 17.00 17  
Transplant:
  Trasplant Plants 2000.00 Each 0.65 1300  
  Plant Eggplants 2000.00 Each 0.08 160  
Seed:
  Seed - American 0.900 Oz 18.00 16  
  Seed - Japanese 0.050 Oz 19.00 1  
  Seed - Italian 0.050 Oz 8.50 0.43  
Fertilizer:
  Ca NO3 Fertilizer 75.00 Lb 0.13 10  
  10-0-5 Light Fertilizer 100.00 Lb 0.103 10  
  Phosphate Fertilizer 11.00 Lb 0.20 2  
Insecticide:
  Lannate 2.00 Lb 20.06 40  
  Ambush 25.60 Oz 0.95 24  
  Dipel 2x 1.00 Lb 10.35 10  
Harvest:
  Harvest 1300.00 Box 2.55 3315  
  Box 1300.00 Box 0.88 1144  
  Broker Commission 1300.00 Box 0.78 1007  
Labor (machine) 13.92 hrs 7.04 98  
Labor (non-machine) 15.00 hrs 7.04 106  
Fuel - Gas 8.90 gal 1.25 11  
Fuel - Diesel 33.68 gal 1.10 37  
Lube   7  
Machinery repair   41  
Interest on operating capital @ 11.61%   220  
 
TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/ACRE   9006  
TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/BOX   6.93  
 
NET RETURNS ABOVE OPERATING COSTS   1069  
 
CASH OVERHEAD COSTS:
Office Expenses   50  
Liability Insurance   35  
Land Rent   133  
Management   105  
Sprinkler Pipe   130  
Sprinkler Pump Rent   75  
Property Taxes   3  
Property Insurance   2  
Investment Repairs   1  
TOTAL CASH OVERHEAD COST/ACRE   534  
 
TOTAL CASH COSTS/ACRE   4970  
TOTAL CASH COSTS/BOX   5.68  
 
TOTAL NON-CASH OVERHEAD COSTS (DEPRECIATION & INTEREST):
Shop Building   1  
Shop Tools   1  
Fuel Tanks & Pumps   2  
Surface Pipe   0  
Equipment   91  
TOTAL NON-CASH OVERHEAD COST/ACRE   94  
 
TOTAL COSTS/ACRE   5065  
TOTAL COSTS/BOX   5.79  
 
NET RETURNS ABOVE TOTAL COSTS   360  

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