TABLE 1. Basic cost information for Valencia and Southern
Bernalillo 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
Seed:
Alfalfa $/pound $2.95
Oats $/pound $0.23
Green Chile $/pound $21.00
Jalapenos $/pound $38.00
Sorghum $/pound $1.04
Baling wire $/pound $0.36
Chile Sacks $/sack $0.16
Canal water $/acre $30.00
Energy:
Butane $/gallon $1.02
Diesel fuel $/gallon $1.40
Gasoline $/gallon $1.35
Electricity cents/KwHr 8.97
Natural Gas $/MCF $3.71
Employee Liability Insurance $/$1,000 wages $12.00
Employee Benefits percent/wages 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 $483.00 /acre (full value) $4.88
Personal Property Tax Rate - NR $/$1,000 (Assessed $30.31
- R Value) $26.81
Supervision Factors
Field Crop-Irrigation $/labor hour $1.00
Field Crop-Equip & 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 4.00%
Vegetable Crops percent/TOE 10.00%
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TABLE 1a. Overhead cost information for Valencia and Southern
Bernalillo Counties, 2001.
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Electricity (Domestic & Shop) $45.00 per month $540
Telephone $35.00 per month $420
Accounting & Legal $155
Misc. Supplies & Hand Tools $360
Pickup and Auto
miles 4,120 @ $0.325 per mile $1,339
Insurance
- general liability (non-employee) $160
- fire/theft $135
Property Taxes
- non-planted land $80
- other than land & machinery $125
Building repairs and maintenance $185
Dues, fees, publications $105
Farmstead Equipment $155
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Total $3,759
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Total per planted acre $139.24
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