Table 27: Costs and Returns for Cabbage, Per Acre

ITEM	UNIT	PRICE	QUANTITY	TOTAL

Receipts
Cabbage	crt	$ 8.45	600	$ 5,070.00

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	125	$ 40.00
P	pound	$ 0.32	100	$ 32.00
K	pound	$ 0.14	100	$ 14.00
Herbicides
Oxyfluorfen (Goal)	pound	$ 85.00	0.13	$ 10.62
Poast 1.5EC	gallon	$ 102.26	0.16	$ 15.98
Fungicides
Aliette	pound	$ 10.50	4	$ 42.00
Maneb	pound	$ 3.00	1.5	$ 4.50
Pesticides
Diazinon Ag500	pound	$ 32.50	3	$ 97.50
Asana XL	gallon	$ 132.00	0.6	$ 80.43
Lorsban 4E	gallon	$ 48.70	0.25	$ 12.18
Admire	gallon	$ 525.00	0.13	$ 69.73
Sevin 80S	pound	$ 4.45	1	$ 4.45
Plants
Cabbage Plugs	thousand	$ 25.00	20	$ 500.00
Labor
Operator	hour	$ 14.48	4.2	$ 60.82
Seasonal Hired	hour	$ 7.24	74.7	$ 540.83
Harvest - Picking	hour	$ 7.24	40	$ 289.60
Harvest - Hauling	hour	$ 10.13	12	$ 121.56
Irrigation
Overhead Irrigation Operating Costs	acre	$ 192.00	1	$ 192.00
Repair, Maintenance & Fuel
Tractors	acre	$ 77.52	1	$ 77.52
Implements	acre	$ 15.27	1	$ 15.27
Marketing Costs
Packing Crates	crate	$ 1.50	600	$ 900.00
Vineland Selling Charge	gross revenue	3%		$ 152.10
Sub-Total				$ 3,301.74
Interest on Operating Capital^a	acre	10%	1	$ 64.20
Total Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 3,365.94
Returns Above Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 1,704.07
Fixed Costs
Tractors	acre	$ 98.19	1	$ 98.19
Implements	acre	$ 58.50	1	$ 58.50
Land Charge	acre	$ 100.00	1	$ 100.00
Total Fixed Costs	acre		1	$ 256.69
Total Fixed & Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 3,622.63
Management Fees^a	acre	7%	1	$ 183.58
Total Costs	acre		1	$ 3,806.21
Net Returns	acre		1	$ 1,263.79

^aSee text for calculation assumptions.