1999 PICKLING CUCUMBER PRODUCTION BUDGET
Hand Harvest
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- | EXPLANATION |
PRICE PER |
-----YIELD (cwt/A)------ | YOUR |
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| -- | - | - | - | - | - | UNIT |
172 | 230 | 288 | BUDGET |
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| RECEIPTS 1 | |||||||||||
Cucumbers |
20% |
#1 |
$23.00 | /cwt |
$791 |
$1,058 |
$1,325 |
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50% |
#2 |
$7.75 |
/cwt |
667 |
891 |
1,116 |
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30% |
#3 |
$3.50 |
/cwt |
181 |
242 |
302 |
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TOTAL RECEIPTS |
1,638 |
2,191 |
2,743 |
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VARIABLE COSTS |
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Seed |
2.5 |
lb |
11.00 |
/lb. |
28 |
28 |
28 |
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| Fertilizer 2 | |||||||||||
Starter (8-25-3) |
225 |
lb |
0.10 |
/lb |
23 |
23 |
23 |
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N |
100 |
lb |
0.23 |
/lb |
23 |
23 |
23 |
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P2O5 |
125 |
lb |
0.28 |
/lb |
35 |
35 |
35 |
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K2O |
225 |
lb |
0.13 |
/lb |
29 |
29 |
29 |
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Lime |
2000 |
lb |
14 |
/ton |
14 |
14 |
14 |
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| Pesticides 3 | 102 |
102 |
102 |
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Custom Spraying |
5 |
sprays |
5.5 |
/A |
28 |
28 |
28 |
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Bee Rental |
0.8 |
hive/A |
40 |
/hive |
32 |
32 |
32 |
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| Hired Labor (pre-harvest) 4,5,6 | 30 |
hours |
6 |
/hr |
180 |
180 |
180 |
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| Hired Labor (harvest) 4,5,6 | 60% |
of gross |
983 |
1314 |
1646 |
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Employer Costs |
154 |
226 |
298 |
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Unemploy. Insurance |
73 |
76 |
89 |
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| Hail Insurance 7 | 16 |
/A |
16 |
16 |
16 |
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Hampers |
75 |
/A |
2.50 |
/hmpr |
188 |
188 |
188 |
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Fuel, Oil, Grease |
17 |
17 |
17 |
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Repairs |
21 |
21 |
21 |
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Transportation for Labor |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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| Miscellaneous 8 | 6 |
6 |
6 |
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| Int. on Oper. Cap. 9 | 6 |
mo. |
9.0% |
87 |
105 |
124 |
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TOTAL VARIABLE COSTS |
-Per Acre |
2040 |
2465 |
2900 |
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-Per Cwt |
11.86 |
10.72 |
10.07 |
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FIXED COSTS |
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| Housing Charge 10 | 446 |
446 |
446 |
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Operator Labor Charge |
7 |
hours |
7.50 |
/hr |
53 |
53 |
53 |
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Mach. And Equip. Charge |
57 |
57 |
57 |
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Land Charge |
Rent |
100 |
150 |
200 |
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Management Charge |
5% of Gross |
82 |
110 |
137 |
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TOTAL FIXED COSTS |
737 |
815 |
893 |
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TOTAL COSTS |
-Per Acre |
2777 |
3280 |
3793 |
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-Per Cwt |
16 |
14 |
13 |
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RETURN ABOVE VARIABLE COSTS |
(402) |
(274) |
(157) |
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RETURN ABOVE TOTAL COSTS |
(1139) |
(1089) |
(1049) |
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1 |
Receipts include production payment plus a management fee paid by the processor to grower. At 50 lbs/bu, yield is equal |
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to 8.6, 11.5, and 14.4 tons/acre. |
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2 |
Assumes only maintenance fertilizer is needed. |
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3 |
See current OSUE bulletins 472, 789, and 672 for recommended pesticides. |
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4 |
Pre-harvest labor is estimated at 30 hours/acre at $6.00/hour. Harvest labor cost is 50% of gross receipts plus 10% |
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of gross receipts for field supervision. |
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5 |
Employer costs for employees include Social Security and Workers Compensation |
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6 |
Federal and State unemployment insurance is required for some operations. |
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7 |
Hail insurance would be $1,000 per acre with 15% deductible |
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8 |
Includes supplies, utilities, soil tests, small tools, check-off fund. |
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9 |
Does not include interest on harvesting costs, inspections costs, plant or seed costs |
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Interest charges are for 6 months at 9% interest. |
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10 |
Housing charge can be estimated at $45/ft2 x 105 ft2 per person x 15 workers per unit = $70,875 x 20.75% overhead x |
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| 50% usage on cucumbers= $7,353. Trash collection, utilit., land charge, water @ $2,000 x 50% usage on cucumbers= $1,000 | ||
$7,353 + $1,000 = $8,353/ 15 workers per unit x 0.8 workers per acre = $446 per harvested acre. Some cost sharing on |
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housing investment is available through Agr. Labor Camp Improvement funds (Ohio 614-466-2285) |
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