TABLE 1. Basic cost information for the Eastern Slope, 2001.
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Labor Wage Rate: $/hour $5.15
Purchased Inputs:
Fertilizer:
Nitrogen (N) $/pound $0.42
Phosphate (P205) $/pound $0.39
Baling wire $/pound $0.36
Canal water $/acre $5.00
Energy:
Butane $/MCF $0.98
Diesel fuel $/gallon $1.40
Gasoline $/gallon $1.35
Electricity cents/KwHr 9.85
Natural Gas $/MCF $3.71
Employee Liability Insurance $/$1,000 wages $20.00
Employee Benefits percent/wages 12.00%
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 $237.33 /acre (full value) $2.43
Personal Property Tax Rate - NR $/$1,000 (Assessed $30.73
- R Value) $24.44
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 the Eastern Slope, 2001.
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CROP LIVESTOCK
ITEM ENTERPRISENTERPRIS TOTAL
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Electricity (Domestic & Shop) $55.00 per month $660 $66.00 $726.00
Telephone $45.00 per month $540 $54.00 $594.00
Accounting & Legal $150 $150.00
Misc. Supplies & Hand Tools $350 $350.00
Pickup and Auto Crop Ent.Livestock Ent.
miles 4000 2000 @ $0.325 per mile $1,300 $650.00 *********
Insurance
- general liability (non-employee) $160 $0.00 $160.00
- fire/theft $160 $0.00 $160.00
Property Taxes
- non-planted land $0 $0.00 $0.00
- other than land & machinery $105 $105.00
Building repairs and maintenance $175 $17.50 $192.50
Dues, fees, publications $115 $5.75 $120.75
Farmstead Equipment $155 $15.50 $170.50
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Total $3,870 $809 $4,679
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Total Per Planted Acre $19.35
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