TABLE 1. Basic cost information for the Arch Hurley Conservancy
         District, Quay County, 2001.
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Labor Wage Rate:
    Equipment operators             $/hour               $7.55
    General & Irrigators            $/hour               $6.75
 
Purchased Inputs:
    Fertilizer:
         Nitrogen (N)               $/pound              $0.42
         Phosphate (P205)           $/pound              $0.39
         (16-4-12-12)               $/pound              $0.12
 
    Seed:
         Alfalfa                    $/pound              $2.95
         Wheat                      $/pound              $0.11
         Grain Sorghum              $/pound              $1.04
         Jose Wheatgrass            $/pound              $1.75
 
    Wire                            $/pound              $0.36
    Canal water
          Assessment                $/acre               $7.00
          Water 1 - 18 inches       $/acre foot          $7.00
Energy:
    Diesel                          $/gallon             $1.40
    Gasoline                        $/gallon             $1.35
    LP Gas                          $/gallon             $0.98                   /PPA~oofq
    Electricity                     $/KwHr                7.21
 
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                   $96.00 /acre (full value)   $0.81
 
Personal Property Tax Rate - NR     $/$1,000 (Assessed  $25.34
                           - R               Value)     $25.34
 
Supervision Factors
    Field Crop-Irrigation           $/labor hour         $1.00
    Field Crop-Equipment & General  $/labor hour         $0.50
 
Management Rate                     percent               7.00%
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TABLE 1a.  Overhead cost information for the Arch Hurley Conservancy
           District, Quay County, 2001.
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                                                                 CROP   LIVESTOCK
         ITEM                                                ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE  TOTAL
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  Electricity (Domestic & Shop)               $200.00 per month  $2,400     $240     2640
  Telephone                                   $100.00 per month  $1,200     $120     1320
  Accounting & Legal                                               1520              1520
  Misc. Supplies & Hand Tools                                      2090     $209     2299
  Vehicles           Crop  Livestock
    miles           20,600   10,300         @  $0.315 per mile     6489   $3,245   9733.5
  Insurance
    - general liability (non-employee)                           $1,540              1540
    - fire/theft                                                   1220              1220
  Property Taxes
    - non-farm land                                                 $39           38.5168
    - other than land & machinery                                   545               545
  Building repairs and maintenance                                 1160     $116     1276
  Dues, fees, publications                                          350      $60      410
  Farmstead Equipment                                               150      $15      165
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                                                      Total     $18,703   $4,005  $22,707
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                                    Total per planted acre       $31.57
                                    Total per mature cow                  $15.89
                                    Total per animal unit                 $11.43
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