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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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