TABLE 1. Basic cost information for Socorro County, 2001.
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Labor Wage Rate: $/hour $5.15
Purchased Inputs:
Fertilizer:
Anhydrous Ammonia (NH3) $/ton $400.00
Nitrogen (N) $/pound $0.42
Phosphate (P205) $/pound $0.39
Chile sacks $/sack $0.35
Baling wire $/pound $0.36
Canal water $/acre $30.00
Energy:
Butane $/MCF $1.10
Diesel fuel $/gallon $1.40
Gasoline $/gallon $1.35
Electricity (Socorro Elec Coop) cents/KwHr 9.82
Natural Gas $/MCF $3.71
Employee Liability Insurance $/$1,000 wages $20.00
Employee Benefits percent/w ages 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 $180 /acre (full value) $1.74
Personal Property Tax Rate - NR $/$1,000 (Assessed $28.92
- R Value) $26.71
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 Socorro County, 2001.
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CROP LIVESTOCK
ITEM ENTERPRIS ENTERPRISE TOTAL
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Electricity (Domestic & Shop) $140.00 per month $1,680 $168.00 *********
Telephone $75.00 per month $900 $90.00 $990.00
Accounting & Legal $920 $920.00
Misc. Supplies & Hand Tools $1,550 *********
Pickup and Auto Crop Ent.Livestock Ent.
miles 15000 7725 @ $0.325 per mile $4,875 $2,510.63 *********
Insurance
- general liability (non-employee) $1,315 $0.00 *********
- fire/theft $1,000 $0.00 *********
Property Taxes
- non-planted land $43 $0.00 $43.38
- other than land & machinery $435 $435.00
Building repairs and maintenance $900 $90.00 $990.00
Dues, fees, publications $400 $20.00 $420.00
Farmstead Equipment $155 $15.50 $170.50
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Total $14,173 $2,894 $17,068
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Total Per Planted Acre $80.99
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