TABLE 1. Basic cost information for Grant and Catron Counties,
         2001.
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         Item
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Labor Wage Rate:
    Equipment operators             $/hour               $6.45
    General & Irrigators            $/hour               $5.90
 
Purchased Inputs:
    Seed:
         Alfalfa                    $/pound              $2.95
         Wheat                      $/pound              $0.11
         Pasture                    $/pound              $2.85
 
    Canal Water (Maintenance)       $/acre              $10.00
    Baling Wire                     $/lb                 $0.36
 
Energy:
    Butane                          $/MCF                $0.92
    Diesel fuel                     $/gallon             $1.10
    Gasoline                        $/gallon             $1.05
    Electricity                     cents/KwHr            6.95
    Natural Gas                     $/MCF                $3.48
 
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                  $390.00 /acre (full value)   $2.31
 
Personal Property Tax Rate - NR     $/$1,000 (Assessed  $17.80
                           - R               Value)     $16.64
 
Supervision Factor                  $/labor hour         $0.50
 
Management Rate                     percent               7.00%
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Table 1a.  Overhead cost information for Grant and Catron
           Counties, 2001.
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                                                                 CROP   LIVESTOCK
         ITEM                                                  ENTERPRISENTERPRIS  TOTAL
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  Electricity (Domestic & Shop)                $75.00 per month    $900   $90.00     $990
  Telephone                                    $60.00 per month    $720   $72.00     $792
  Accounting & Legal                                               $340              $340
  Misc. Supplies & Hand Tools                                      $595              $595
  Pickup and Auto Crop Ent.Livestock Ent.
         miles       7,000    3,500     @      $0.325 per mile   $2,275 *********  $3,413
  Insurance
    - general liability (non-employee)                               $5    $0.00       $5
    - fire/theft                                                   $250    $0.00     $250
  Property Taxes
    - non-planted land                                              $11    $0.00      $11
    - other than land & machinery                                  $195              $195
  Building repairs and maintenance                                 $350   $35.00     $385
  Dues, fees, publications                                         $195    $9.75     $205
  Farmstead Equipment                                              $155   $15.50     $171
  Irrigation Well Depreciation and Taxes                         $1,588
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                                                      Total      $5,991   $1,360   $7,351
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                                    Total per planted acre      $171.17
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