TABLE 1. Basic cost information for Northern Mountain Counties, 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                        $7.00
 
Energy:
    Butane                            $/MCF                         $0.98
    Diesel fuel                       $/gallon                      $1.45
    Gasoline                          $/gallon                      $1.40
    Electricity                       cents/KwHr                     9.58
    Natural Gas                       $/MCF                         $3.72
 
Employee Liability Insurance          $/$1,000   wages             $20.00
 
Employee Benefits                     percent/w  ages               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                    $361.50 /acre (full value)            $3.26
 
Personal Property Tax Rate - NR       $/$1,000   (Assessed         $27.09
                           - R                   Value)            $21.80
 
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 Northern Mountain Counties, 2001.
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                                                                              CROP     LIVESTOCK
         ITEM                                                              ENTERPRISE  ENTERPRIS  TOTAL
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  Electricity (Domestic & Shop)                       $30.00 per month            $360   $36.00  $396.00
  Telephone                                           $30.00 per month            $360   $36.00  $396.00
  Accounting & Legal                                                              $120           $120.00
  Misc. Supplies & Hand Tools                                                     $240           $240.00
  Pickup and Auto Crop Ent.Livestock Ent.
         miles        3100       1500      @          $0.325 per mile           $1,008  $487.50 *********
  Insurance
    - general liability (non-employee)                                              $0    $0.00    $0.00
    - fire/theft                                                                    $0    $0.00    $0.00
  Property Taxes
    - non-planted land                                                              $0    $0.00    $0.00
    - other than land & machinery                                                  $60            $60.00
  Building repairs and maintenance                                                $100   $10.00  $110.00
  Dues, fees, publications                                                         $95    $4.75   $99.75
  Farmstead Equipment                                                          $165.00   $16.50  $181.50
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                                                             Total              $2,508     $591   $3,098
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                                      Total Per Planted Acre                    $62.69
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