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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		ONDJaFMrApMaJuJlAuSSum
 19971998 
Preplant: 
Disc7           7
Plow20           20
Lanplane5           5
Pre-Irrigate86           86
Disc - 2x's14           14
Chicken
Manure		100           100
List3           3
Drip Tape   132        132
Plastic Mulch   269        269
Cultivate   9        9
Soil Fumigation   384        384
Puncture Mulch   6        6
TOTAL PREPLANT COSTS236  800        1036
Cultural: 
Drip
Irrigation		    8686868686   429
Transplant Eggplant    1478       1478
Calcium
Nitrate
Fertilizer		    5   5   10
Light
Fertilizer		    2  44   10
Phosphate Fertilizer    00001   2
Insecticide Treatment    42  42    83
Mite
Treatment		     39      39
B.T.
Treatment		      20     20
Weeds      50     50
Pickup
Truck		6666666666  63
TOTAL CULTURAL COSTS666616191321621381026  2184
Harvest: 
Harvest       13673417683  5467
TOTAL HARVEST COSTS       13673417683  5467
Postharvest: 
Cleanup Costs         100  100
TOTAL
POST-
HARVEST COSTS		         100  100
Interest
on oper. capital		222102627294377   220
TOTAL
OP.
COST/
ACRE		24599816164515919115483596790  9006
TOTAL
OP.
COST/
BOX		0.190.010.010.631.270.120.151.192.770.61  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 Repairs44444444444452
TOTAL
CASH OVERHEAD COST		44151201244441244228
TOTAL
CASH
COSTS/
ACRE		24913160836165616319515533600801449234
TOTAL
CASH
COSTS/
BOX		0.190.010.120.641.270.130.151.192.770.62007.10

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