TABLE 1. Basic cost information for San Juan County, 2001.
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Labor Wage Rate:
Equipment operators $/hour $6.75
General & Irrigators $/hour $6.45
Purchased Inputs:
Fertilizer:
Nitrogen (N) $/pound $0.42
Phosphate (P205) $/pound $0.39
Anhydrous Ammonia (NH3) $/ton $400.00
Seed:
Alfalfa $/pound $2.95
Oats $/pound $0.23
Pasture $/pound $2.85
Corn $/bag $78.50
Wire $/pound $0.36
Canal Water $/acre foot $10.75
Energy:
Diesel fuel $/gallon $1.40
Gasoline $/gallon $1.35
Natural Gas $/MCF $3.71
LP Gas $/gallon $0.92
Electricity cents/KwHr 9.85
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 $253.00 /acre (full value) $2.04
Personal Property Tax Rate - NR $/$1,000 (Assessed $24.22
- R Value) $23.85
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 San Juan County, 2001.
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Electricity (Domestic & Shop) $110.00 per month $1,320
Telephone $70.00 per month $840
Accounting & Legal $460
Misc. Supplies & Hand Tools $775
Pickup and Auto
miles 10,300 @ $0.325 per mile $3,348
Insurance
- general liability (non-employee) $960
- fire/theft $575
Property Taxes
- non-planted land $0
- other than land & machinery $300
Building repairs and maintenance $480
Dues, fees, publications $235
Farmstead Equipment $155
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Total $9,448
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Total per planted acre $127.67
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