Lettuce Production Practices and Sample Costs

Table 3. MONTHLY CASH COSTS PER ACRE TO PRODUCE LOOSE LEAF LETTUCE
Coachella Valley - 1996

MONTHLY CASH COSTS PER ACRE TO PRODUCE LOOSE LEAF LETTUCE
JULY 96-JUNE 97 Jl Au S O N D Ja F Mr Ap My Jn Total
1996 1997  
Preplant:  
Plow 43                       43
Stubble Disc 27                       27
Rip 39                       39
Landplane 15                       15
Commercial Fertilizer 70                       70
Disc 2x 49                       49
Soil Analysis   2                     2
Pre-Irrigate   84                     84
Insecticide     43                   43
List     34                   34
Pre-Plant Fertilization     78                   78
TOTAL
PRE-
PLANT COSTS		 242 86 154                   78
Cultural:  
Plant     182                   182
Bird Control     36                   36
Herbicide     76                   76
Irrigate     84 84 84               252
Cultivate       13                 13
Thinning & Weeding       160                 160
Inject Fertilizer 3x       174                 174
Insecticide       62 62               125
Beneficial Insects         53               53
PCA Field Check     20                   20
TOTAL CULTURAL COSTS     398 494 199               1091
Harvest:  
Harvest           2730             2730
TOTAL HARVEST COSTS           2730             2730
Postharvest:  
Disc 2x           49              
TOTAL
POST-HARVEST COSTS		           49             49
Interest on oper. capital 2 3 9 13 15 42             85
TOTAL OP. COST/ACRE 244 89 561 507 214 2821             4437
TOTAL OP. COST/BOX 0.28 0.1 0.64 0.58 0.25 3.22             5.07
Overhead:  
Office Expense 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 50
Liability Insurance 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 35
Land Rent           133             133
Management 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 105
Sprinkler Pipe     130                   130
Sprinkler Pump Rent     75                   75
Property Taxes 1             1         3
Property Insurance 1             1         2
Investment Repairs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL
CASH OVERHEAD COST		 18 16 221 16 16 149 16 18 16 16 16 16 534
TOTAL
CASH COSTS/
ACRE		 262 105 782 523 230 2970 16 18 16 16 16 16 4970
TOTAL
CASH COSTS/
BOX		 0.30 0.12 0.89 0.60 0.26 3.39 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 5.68

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