Table 69: Costs of Production for Bell Peppers, Per Acre
Organic Production Practices, Northeastern United States, 1996
|
| ITEM | UNIT |
PRICE | QUANTITY | TOTAL |
| Variable Costs | |
| |
|
| Soil Amendments |
| | |
|
| Compost w/Gypsum |
ton |
$ 35.40 | 6 |
$ 212.40 |
| Pest Management |
|
| |
|
| Approved organic chemicals |
acre |
$ 150.00 | 1 |
$ 150.00 |
| Other |
|
| |
|
| Peppers |
thousand |
$ 65.00 | 11.5 |
$ 747.00 |
| Black plastic mulch |
acre |
$ 150.00 | 1 |
$ 150.00 |
| Labor |
|
| |
|
| Operator |
hour |
$ 14.48 | 8.53 |
$ 123.51 |
| Regular Hired |
hour |
$ 10.13 | 16.6 |
$ 212.73 |
| Seasonal Hired |
hour |
$ 7.24 | 23 |
$ 166.52 |
| Harvesting |
acre |
$ 700.00 | 1 |
$ 700.00 |
| Grading and Packing |
acre |
$ 125.00 | 1 |
$ 125.00 |
| Irrigation |
|
| |
|
| Trickle Irrigation |
acre |
$ 300.00 | 1 |
$ 300.00 |
| Machinery Repair
and Fuel Costs | |
| |
|
| Machinery Repair |
acre |
$ 28.45 | 1 |
$ 28.45 |
| Diesel Fuel |
gal |
$ 0.969 | 32.81 |
$ 31.79 |
| Marketing |
|
| |
|
| Picking Baskets |
basket |
$ 1.30 | 110 |
$ 143.00 |
| Packing Boxes |
box |
$ 1.00 | 880 |
$ 880.00 |
| Sub-Total |
|
| |
$ 3,970.40 |
| Interest on Operating
Capitala | acre |
10% | 1 |
$ 80.27 |
| Total Variable Costs |
acre |
| 1 |
$ 4,050.67 |
| Fixed Costs |
|
| |
|
| Machinery and equipment |
acre |
$ 206.64 | 1 |
$ 206.64 |
| Land |
acre |
$ 100.00 | 1 |
$ 100.00 |
| Total Fixed Costs |
acre | |
1 |
$ 306.64 |
| Total Fixed and
Variable Costs | acre |
| 1 |
$ 4,357.31 |
| Management Feesa
| acre |
7% | 1 |
$ 226.40 |
| Total Costs |
acre | |
1 |
$ 4,583.71 |
