TABLE 1. Basic cost information for Dona Ana and Sierra
Counties, 2001.
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Labor Wage Rate:
Equipment operators $/hour $5.95
General & Irrigators $/hour $5.95
Purchased Inputs:
Nitrogen (N) $/pound $0.42
Phosphate (P205) $/pound $0.39
Canal water $/acre $45.00
Additional Water (over 2 acft)$/ac ft $16.00
Baling Wire $/lb $0.36
Energy:
Butane $/MCF $0.98
Diesel fuel $/gallon $1.40
Gasoline $/gallon $1.35
Electricity (El Paso Elec) cents/KwHr 6.81
Natural gas (Rio Grande) $/MCF $4.24
Employee Liability Insurance $/$1,000 wages $20.00
Employee Benefits percent/wages 18.00%
Labor Downtime percent 25.00%
Financial Rates:
Operating Capital Interest Rate percent 9.00%
Land Interest Rate percent 7.50%
Equipment Interest Rate percent 9.00%
Real Interest Rate percent 4.00%
Land Taxes $900.00 /acre (full value) $9.38
Personal Property Tax Rate - NR $/$1,000 (Assessed $31.26
- R Value) $28.42
Supervision Factors
Field Crop-Irrigation $/labor hour $1.00
Field Crop-Equipment & General $/labor hour $0.50
Vegetable Crop-Irrigation $/labor hour $2.90
Vegetable Crop-Equip. & General $/labor hour $1.00
Management Rate
Field Crops percent/GR 7.00%
Vegetable Crops percent/TOE 10.00%
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TABLE 1a. Overhead cost information for Dona Ana and Sierra
Counties, 2001.
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Electricity (Domestic & Shop) $247.20 per month $2,966
Telephone $180.25 per month $2,163
Accounting & Legal $2,725
Misc. Supplies & Hand Tools $3,480
Pickup and Auto
miles 20,000 @ $0.325 per mile $6,500
Insurance
- general liability (non-employee) $1,535
- fire/theft $2,310
Property Taxes
- non-planted land $367
- other than land & machinery $545
Fixed Costs - Pump $3,800
Building repairs and maintenance $1,165
Dues, fees, publications $350
Farmstead Equipment $150
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Total $28,056
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Total Per Planted Acre $66.11
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