TABLE 4. Alfalfa establishment, sprinkler-irrigated, budgeted per acre costs and returns for a 480 acre farm with
         above average management, Lea County, 2001.
              Planting dates: August 15 - September 1
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       ITEM                    PRICE          QUANTITY      PURCHASED INPUTS                                    TOTAL
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PURCHASED INPUTS
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    SEED                      $2.95                30  LBS       $88.50                                       $88.50
    NITROGEN (N)              $0.42                55  LBS       $23.10                                       $23.10
    PHOSPHATE (P205)          $0.39               140  LBS       $54.60                                       $54.60
    PUMP WATER                                      6  AC. IN.
                                                                 ______                                       ______
         SUBTOTAL                                               $166.20                                      $166.20
 
 
                            POWER            ACCOMPLISHMENT    PURCHASED              FUEL             FIXED
PREHARVEST OPERATIONS        UNIT                 RATE            INPUTS    LABOR   & LUBE  REPAIRS     COST    TOTAL
---------- ----------      ------              ----------      ---------   -----    -----   -------   -----   ------
    PLOW                   155 HP                0.48  HR                  $3.62    $5.50    $6.29    $7.10   $22.51
    DISC (2X)              155 HP                0.28  HR                  $2.11    $3.21    $3.51    $3.70   $12.54
    FLOAT                  155 HP                0.19  HR                  $1.43    $2.18    $2.04    $4.14    $9.79
    FERT SPREADER          126 HP                0.05  HR                  $0.38    $0.47    $0.23    $0.14    $1.22
    DRILL                  126 HP                0.18  HR                  $1.36    $1.68    $1.31    $4.02    $8.37
    IRRIGATE (3X)                                0.30  HR                  $2.03    $8.56    $1.30    $7.78   $19.67
                                                _________                 ______   ______   ______   ______  _______
         SUBTOTAL                                1.48  HR                 $10.93   $21.59   $14.69   $26.89   $74.10
 
OVERHEAD EXPENSES
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    DOWNTIME                                     0.30  HR                  $2.23                               $2.23
    EMPLOYEE BENEFITS                                                      $1.97                               $1.97
    INSURANCE                                                     $0.22                                        $0.22
    SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT                                            $17.71                              $17.71
                                                 _________       ______   ______                              ______
         SUBTOTAL                                0.30  HR         $0.22   $21.91                              $22.13
                                                 _________      _______   ______   ______   ______   ______  _______
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES                         1.78  HR       $166.42   $32.84   $21.59   $14.69   $26.89  $262.42
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