Table 1. COSTS PER ACRE TO PRODUCE OKRAE
Coachella Valley - 1996
| Cash and Labor Costs per Acre | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation | Operation Time (Hrs/A) | Labor Cost | Fuel, Lube & Repairs | Material Cost | Custom/Rent | Total Cost | Your Cost |
| Preplant: | |||||||
| Chop Prior Crop Residue | 0.30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Disc 2X | 1.40 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Plow | 1.20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Leveling - Land plane (2x) | 0.90 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Apply & Incorporate Herbicide | 1.40 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 31 | |
| Custom Manure Application | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 75 | |
| Disc & Float | 1.00 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| List | 0.60 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Irrigation - Furrow | 1.92 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 40 | |
| Shape Beds | 0.50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Seed Okra | 1.60 | 24 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 67 | |
| TOTAL PREPLANT COSTS | 10.82 | 111 | 80 | 47 | 75 | 313 | |
| Cultural: | |||||||
| Irrigation - Furrow | 7.68 | 67 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 107 | |
| Thin Stand | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | |
| Cultivate Beds | 1.00 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Side dress CAN-17 | 0.50 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 32 | |
| Irrigate & UN 32 | 1.92 | 13 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 40 | |
| Hoe Weeds | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 30 | |
| Apply Ladybird Beetles | 0.10 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 21 | |
| TOTAL CULTURAL COSTS | 11.20 | 92 | 9 | 112 | 60 | 274 | |
| Harvest: | |||||||
| Pick & Pack Okra | 0.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4214 | 4218 | |
| Ship to LA Market | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 800 | 800 | |
| LA Broker Commission | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1600 | 1600 | |
| TOTAL HARVEST COSTS | 0.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6614 | 6618 | |
| Postharvest: | |||||||
| Chop Okra Stalks | 1.00 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| TOTAL POST-HARVEST COSTS | 1.00 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Interest on operating capital @ 11.61% | 36 | ||||||
| TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/ACRE | 215 | 98 | 159 | 6749 | 7256 | ||
| TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/BOX | 9.07 | ||||||
| CASH OVERHEAD: | |||||||
| Land Rent | 133 | ||||||
| Office Expense | 30 | ||||||
| Liability Insurance | 25 | ||||||
| Sanitation | 0 | ||||||
| Property Taxes | 4 | ||||||
| Property Insurance | 3 | ||||||
| Investment Repairs | 4 | ||||||
| TOTAL CASH OVERHEAD COSTS | 200 | ||||||
| TOTAL CASH COSTS/ACRE | 7456 | ||||||
| TOTAL CASH COSTS/BOX | 9.32 | ||||||
| Annual Cost | |||||||
| NON-CASH OVERHEAD: | Per Acre | Depreciation | Interest @ 3.72% | ||||
| Investement: | |||||||
| Shop Building | 125 | 6 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Shop Tools | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Fuel Tanks & Pumps | 50 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Equipment | 528 | 38 | 11 | 48 | |||
| TOTAL NON-CASH OVERHEAD COSTS | 745 | 48 | 15 | 63 | |||
| TOTAL COSTS/ACRE | 7519 | ||||||
| TOTAL COSTS/BOX | 9.40 | ||||||
