Table 33: Sweet Corn (Mid to Late Season)

Table 33: Costs and Returns for Sweet Corn (Mid to Late Season), Per Acre

ITEM	UNIT	PRICE	QUANTITY	TOTAL

Receipts
Sweet Corn	crt	$ 8.40	240	$ 2,016.00

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	0.18	$ 11.64
Insecticides
Asana XL	gallon	$ 132.00	0.75	$ 99.00
Lannate LV	gallon	$ 46.30	0.25	$ 11.57
Sevin 80S	pound	$ 4.45	2	$ 8.90
Warrior	gallon	$ 310.00	0.4	$ 124.00
Lorsban 4E	gallon	$ 48.70	0.5	$ 24.35
Corn Seed
Seed	pound	$ 7.50	12	$ 90.00
Labor
Operator	hour	$ 14.48	3.82	$ 55.31
Seasonal Hired - Harvesting	acre	$ 140.00	1	$ 140.00
Packing and Grading	acre	$ 140.00	1	$ 140.00
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	240	$ 336.00
Selling Charge	gross revenue	3%		$ 69.93
Sub-Total				$ 1,464.05
Interest on Operating Capital^a	acre	10%	1	$ 27.68
Total Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 1,491.73
Returns Above Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 524.27
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	$ 1,613.99
Management Fees ^a	acre	7%	1	$ 101.08
Total Costs	acre		1	$ 1,715.07
Net Returns	acre		1	$ 300.93

^aSee text for calculation assumptions.