Table 32: Sweet Corn (Early)

Table 32: Costs and Returns for Sweet Corn (Early Season), Per Acre

ITEM	UNIT	PRICE	QUANTITY	TOTAL

Receipts
Sweet Corn	crt	$ 12.14	192	$ 2,331.00

Variable Costs
Custom
Apply Calcium Lime	ton	$ 27.65	0.5	$ 13.83
Soil Test	acre	$ 1.00	1	$ 1.00
Cultivating	acre	$ 7.60	3	$ 22.80
Fertilizer
N	pound	$ 0.32	135	$ 43.20
P	pound	$ 0.32	120	$ 38.40
K	pound	$ 0.14	120	$ 16.80
Herbicides
Bladex 90DF	gallon	$ 5.41	0.75	$ 4.06
Dual 8E	gallon	$ 64.66	0.25	$ 16.16
Insecticides
Asana XL	gallon	$ 132.00	0.53	$ 69.96
Lannate LV	gallon	$ 46.30	1.3	$ 60.19
Lorsban 4E	gallon	$ 48.70	0.3	$ 14.61
Sevin 80S	pound	$ 4.45	2	$ 8.90
Warrior	gallon	$ 310.00	0.4	$ 124.00
Corn Seed
Seed	pound	$ 7.50	12	$ 90.00
Labor
Operator	hour	$ 14.48	3.82	$ 55.31
Hand Harvesting	acre	$ 140.00	1	$ 140.00
Packing and Grading	acre	$ 125.00	1	$ 125.00
Irrigation
Overhead Irrigation Operating Cost	acre	$ 192.00	1	$ 192.00
Diesel Fuel
Tractors	gallon	$ 0.969	10.33	$ 10.01
Repair & Maintenance
Tractors	acre	$ 5.67	1	$ 5.67
Implements	acre	$ 5.58	1	$ 5.58
Marketing Costs
Packing Crates	crate	$ 1.40	192	$ 269.00
Selling Charge	gross revenue	3%		$ 69.93
Sub-Total				$ 1,396.41
Interest on Operating Capital^a	acre	10%	1	$ 27.41
Total Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 1,423.82
Returns Above Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 907.18
Fixed Costs
Tractors	acre	$ 12.28	1	$ 12.28
Implements	acre	$ 9.98	1	$ 9.98
Land Charge	acre	$ 100.00	1	$ 100.00
Total Fixed Costs	acre		1	$ 122.26
Total Fixed & Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 1,546.08
Management Fees ^a	acre	7%	1	$ 96.33
Total Costs	acre		1	$ 1,642.41
Net Returns	acre		1	$ 688.59

^aSee text for calculation assumptions.