Okra Production Practices and Sample Costs

Table 2. COSTS AND RETURNS TO PRODUCE OKRA
Coachella Valley - 1995/1996

COSTS AND RETURNS TO PRODUCE OKRA
  Quantity/Acre Unit Price or Cost/Unit Value or Cost/Acre Your Cost
GROSS RETURNS  
  Okra 800 Box 10 8000  
TOTAL GROSS RETURNS FOR OKRA 800  
 
OPERATING COSTS:  
Herbicide:  
  Treflan Pro 5 1.00 Pint 5.05 5  
Custom:  
  Chicken Manure 3 1.00 Acre 75.00 75  
Water:  
  Water - District 30.00 AcIn 2.00 60  
Seed:  
  Okra Seed 15.00 Lb 2.00 30  
Contract:  
  Contract Thin 1.00 Appl 30.00 30  
  Pick & Pack Okra 800.00 Box 5.15 4214  
  Ship to LA Market 800.00 Box 1.00 800  
  Broker Commission 800.00 Box 2.00 1600  
  Hoeing - Contract 1.00 Acre 30.00 30  
Fertilizer:  
  CAN-17 20.00 Gal 1.23 25  
  UN-32 15.00 Gal 1.29 19  
Insecticide:  
  Ladybird Beetles 0.50 Gal 40.00 20  
Labor (machine) 18.89 hrs 6.70 127  
Labor (non-machine) 13.22 hrs 6.70 89  
Fuel - Diesel 52.97 gal 0.86 46  
Lube 7  
Machinery repair 45  
Interest on operating capital @ 11.61% 36  
 
TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/ACRE 7256  
TOTAL OPERATING COSTS/BOX 9.07  
 
NET RETURNS ABOVE OPERATING COSTS 744  
 
CASH OVERHEAD COSTS:  
Land Rent 133  
Office Expenses 30  
Liability Insurance 25  
Sanitation 0  
Sprinkler Pipe 130  
Property Taxes 4  
Property Insurance 3  
Investment Repairs 4  
TOTAL CASH OVERHEAD COST/ACRE 200  
 
TOTAL CASH COSTS/ACRE 7456  
TOTAL CASH COSTS/BOX 9.32  
 
TOTAL NON-CASH OVERHEAD COSTS (DEPRECIATION & INTEREST):  
Shop Building 8  
Shop Tools 3  
Fuel Tanks & Pumps 4  
Equipment 48  
TOTAL NON-CASH OVERHEAD COST/ACRE 63  
 
TOTAL COSTS/ACRE 7519  
TOTAL COSTS/BOX 9.40  
 
NET RETURNS ABOVE TOTAL COSTS 481  

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