Table 26: Bell Peppers

Table 26: Costs and Returns for Bell Pepper, Per Acre

Conventional Production Practices
Northeastern United States, 1996

ITEM	UNIT	PRICE	QUANTITY	TOTAL

Receipts
Peppers	crt	$ 6.88	925	$ 6,364.00

Variable Costs
Custom
Apply Calcium Lime	ton	$ 27.65	1	$ 27.65
Soil Test	acre	$ 1.00	1	$ 1.00
Fertilizer
N	pound	$ 0.32	115	$ 36.80
P	pound	$ 0.32	150	$ 48.00
K	pound	$ 0.14	100	$ 14.00
Herbicides
Command 4EC	gallon	$ 86.96	0.125	$ 10.87
Gramaxone Xtra	gallon	$ 34.50	0.2	$ 6.90
Dual 8E	gallon	$ 64.66	0.25	$ 16.16
Fungicides
Maneb	pound	$ 3.05	2	$ 6.10
Ridomil Gold 2E	gallon	$ 160.00	0.75	$ 120.00
Terraclor	pound	$ 7.32	3	$ 21.96
Insecticides
Asana XL	gallon	$ 132.60	0.4	$ 53.04
Diazinon Ag 500	gallon	$ 32.50	0.75	$ 24.38
Orthene 75S	pound	$ 12.00	1	$ 12.00
Lannate LV	gallon	$ 46.30	0.2	$ 9.26
Sevin 80S	pound	$ 4.45	1.5	$ 6.68
Other
Black Plastic Mulch	acre	$ 150.00	1	$ 150.00
Pepper Transplants	thousand	$ 65.00	11.5	$ 747.50
Labor
Operator	hour	$ 14.48	5.44	$ 78.77
Regular Hired	hour	$ 10.13	15	$ 151.95
Laying Plastic Mulch	acre	$ 45.00	1	$ 45.00
Harvesting	acre	$ 700.00	1	$ 700.00
Grading and Packing	acre	$ 125.00	1	$ 125.00
Irrigation
Trickle Irrigation Operating Costs	acre	$ 300.00	1	$ 300.00
Diesel Fuel
Tractors	gallon	$ 0.969	11	$ 9.82
Repair & Maintenance
Tractors	acre	$ 24.37	1	$ 24.47
Equipment	acre	$ 14.26	1	$ 14.26
Marketing
Picking Baskets	basket	$ 1.30	115	$ 149.50
Packing Boxes	box	$ 1.00	925	$ 925.00
Vineland Selling Charge	gross revenue	3%		$ 190.92
Sub-Total				$ 4,026.99
Interest on Operating Capital^a	acre	10%	1	$ 71.93
Total Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 4,098.92
Returns Above Variable Costs				$ 2,265.08
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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	$ 4,222.49
Management Fees^a	acre	7%	1	$ 213.36
Total Costs	acre		1	$ 4,435.85
Net Returns	acre		1	$ 1,928.15

^aSee text for calculation assumptions.

Table 26: Costs and Returns for Bell Pepper, Per Acre

Conventional Production Practices Northeastern United States, 1996

Conventional Production Practices
Northeastern United States, 1996