Eggplant - Table 3
Eggplant Production Practices and Sample Costs
Table 3. MONTHLY CASH COSTS PER ACRE TO PRODUCE EGGPLANT
Coachella Valley - 1996
OCT 97- SEP 98 | O | N | D | Ja | F | Mr | Ap | Ma | Ju | Jl | Au | S | Sum |
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1997 | 1998 | ||||||||||||
Preplant: | |||||||||||||
Disc | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
Plow | 20 | 20 | |||||||||||
Lanplane | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
Pre-Irrigate | 86 | 86 | |||||||||||
Disc - 2x's | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||
Chicken Manure |
100 | 100 | |||||||||||
List | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
Drip Tape | 132 | 132 | |||||||||||
Plastic Mulch | 269 | 269 | |||||||||||
Cultivate | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||
Soil Fumigation | 384 | 384 | |||||||||||
Puncture Mulch | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
TOTAL PREPLANT COSTS | 236 | 800 | 1036 | ||||||||||
Cultural: | |||||||||||||
Drip Irrigation |
86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 429 | |||||||
Transplant Eggplant | 1478 | 1478 | |||||||||||
Calcium Nitrate Fertilizer |
5 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||
Light Fertilizer |
2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||
Phosphate Fertilizer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Insecticide Treatment | 42 | 42 | 83 | ||||||||||
Mite Treatment |
39 | 39 | |||||||||||
B.T. Treatment |
20 | 20 | |||||||||||
Weeds | 50 | 50 | |||||||||||
Pickup Truck |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 63 | ||
TOTAL CULTURAL COSTS | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1619 | 132 | 162 | 138 | 102 | 6 | 2184 | ||
Harvest: | |||||||||||||
Harvest | 1367 | 3417 | 683 | 5467 | |||||||||
TOTAL HARVEST COSTS | 1367 | 3417 | 683 | 5467 | |||||||||
Postharvest: | |||||||||||||
Cleanup Costs | 100 | 100 | |||||||||||
TOTAL POST- HARVEST COSTS |
100 | 100 | |||||||||||
Interest on oper. capital |
2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 43 | 77 | 220 | |||
TOTAL OP. COST/ ACRE |
245 | 9 | 9 | 816 | 1645 | 159 | 191 | 1548 | 3596 | 790 | 9006 | ||
TOTAL OP. COST/ BOX |
0.19 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 1.27 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 1.19 | 2.77 | 0.61 | 6.93 | ||
Overhead: | |||||||||||||
Land Rent | 113 | 113 | |||||||||||
Office Expense |
30 | 30 | |||||||||||
Sprinkler Pump Rent |
6 | 6 | |||||||||||
Sprinkler Pipe |
10 | 10 | |||||||||||
Liability Insurance |
4 | 4 | |||||||||||
Property Taxes |
4 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||
Property Insurance | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
Investment Repairs | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 52 |
TOTAL CASH OVERHEAD COST |
4 | 4 | 151 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 228 |
TOTAL CASH COSTS/ ACRE |
249 | 13 | 160 | 836 | 1656 | 163 | 195 | 1553 | 3600 | 801 | 4 | 4 | 9234 |
TOTAL CASH COSTS/ BOX |
0.19 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.64 | 1.27 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 1.19 | 2.77 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | 7.10 |
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