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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