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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