Eggplant - Table 3

Eggplant Production Practices and Sample Costs

Table 3. MONTHLY CASH COSTS PER ACRE TO PRODUCE EGGPLANT
Coachella Valley - 1996

MONTHLY CASH COSTS PER ACRE TO PRODUCE EGGPLANT
OCT 97-
SEP 98		 O N D Ja F Mr Ap Ma Ju Jl Au S Sum
  1997 1998  
Preplant:  
Disc 7                       7
Plow 20                       20
Lanplane 5                       5
Pre-Irrigate 86                       86
Disc - 2x's 14                       14
Chicken
Manure		 100                       100
List 3                       3
Drip Tape       132                 132
Plastic Mulch       269                 269
Cultivate       9                 9
Soil Fumigation       384                 384
Puncture Mulch       6                 6
TOTAL PREPLANT COSTS 236     800                 1036
Cultural:  
Drip
Irrigation		         86 86 86 86 86       429
Transplant Eggplant         1478               1478
Calcium
Nitrate
Fertilizer		         5       5       10
Light
Fertilizer		         2     4 4       10
Phosphate Fertilizer         0 0 0 0 1       2
Insecticide Treatment         42     42         83
Mite
Treatment		           39             39
B.T.
Treatment		             20           20
Weeds             50           50
Pickup
Truck		 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6     63
TOTAL CULTURAL COSTS 6 6 6 6 1619 132 162 138 102 6     2184
Harvest:  
Harvest               1367 3417 683     5467
TOTAL HARVEST COSTS               1367 3417 683     5467
Postharvest:  
Cleanup Costs                   100     100
TOTAL
POST-
HARVEST COSTS		                   100     100
Interest
on oper. capital		 2 2 2 10 26 27 29 43 77       220
TOTAL
OP.
COST/
ACRE		 245 9 9 816 1645 159 191 1548 3596 790     9006
TOTAL
OP.
COST/
BOX		 0.19 0.01 0.01 0.63 1.27 0.12 0.15 1.19 2.77 0.61     6.93
Overhead:  
Land Rent     113                   113
Office
Expense		     30                   30
Sprinkler
Pump Rent		       6                 6
Sprinkler
Pipe		       10                 10
Liability
Insurance		     4                   4
Property
Taxes		         4         4     9
Property Insurance         3         3     6
Investment Repairs 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 52
TOTAL
CASH OVERHEAD COST		 4 4 151 20 12 4 4 4 4 12 4 4 228
TOTAL
CASH
COSTS/
ACRE		 249 13 160 836 1656 163 195 1553 3600 801 4 4 9234
TOTAL
CASH
COSTS/
BOX		 0.19 0.01 0.12 0.64 1.27 0.13 0.15 1.19 2.77 0.62 0 0 7.10

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