Table 28: Cucumbers

Table 28: Costs and Returns for Cucumber, Per Acre

Conventional Production Practices
Northeastern United States, 1996

ITEM	UNIT	PRICE	QUANTITY	TOTAL

Receipts
Cucumbers	crt	$ 9.13	600	$ 5,478.00

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	100	$ 32.00
K	pound	$ 0.14	150	$ 21.00
Herbicides
Bensulide	pound	$ 41.50	1.5	$ 62.25
Poast 1.5 EC	gallon	$ 102.26	0.16	$ 15.98
Fungicides
Ridomil Gold	gallon	$ 160.00	0.75	$ 120.00
Bravo 720	gallon	$ 51.80	0.25	$ 12.95
Insecticides
Asana XL	gallon	$ 132.00	0.4	$ 52.80
Diazinon Ag500	gallon	$ 32.50	0.13	$ 4.06
Lannate LV	gallon	$ 46.30	0.25	$ 11.58
Other
Black Smooth Mulch	acre	$ 150.00	1	$ 150.00
Cucumber Seed	pound	$ 35.00	1.5	$ 52.50
Labor
Operator	hour	$ 14.48	5.8	$ 83.54
Regular Hired	hour	$ 10.13	20.6	$ 208.68
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	15	$ 14.54
Repair & Maintenance
Tractors	acre	19 .02	1	$ 19.02
Equipment	acre	$ 8.47	1	$ 8.47
Marketing Costs
Picking Basket	basket	$ 1.50	35	$ 52.50
Packing Boxes	box	$ 1.05	600	$ 630.00
Vineland Selling Charge	gross revenue	3%		$ 164.34
Sub-Total				$ 2,906.66
Interest on Operating Capital^a	acre	10%	1	$ 48.32
Total Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 2,954.98
Returns Above Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 2,523.02
Fixed Costs			1
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	$ 3,078.55
Management Fees^a	acre	7%	1	$ 160.72
Total Costs	acre		1	$ 3,239.27
Net Returns	acre		1	$ 2,238.73

^aSee text for calculation assumptions.

Table 28: Costs and Returns for Cucumber, Per Acre

Conventional Production Practices Northeastern United States, 1996

Conventional Production Practices
Northeastern United States, 1996