Fresh Market Apples (Organic)

Table 68: Costs of Production for Fresh Market Apples, Per Acre

ITEM	UNIT	PRICE	QUANTITY	TOTAL
Variable Costs
Fertilizer
Composted Manure	ton	$ 31.00	4	$ 124.00
Cover Crop
Rye Seed	50lb	$ 7.00	2	$ 14.00
Pest Management
Horticultural Oil	gal	$ 4.29	9	$ 38.61
Lime Sulfur	gal	$ 4.83	10	$ 48.30
April Pheromones	acre	$ 118.0	1	$ 117.98
Wettable Sulfur	lb	$ 0.26	12	$ 3.12
June Pheromones	acre	$ 58.99	1	$ 58.99
Insectidal Soap	gal	$ 18.88	0.33	$ 6.23
Tree Replants
Replace Tree	acre	$ 5.00	3	$ 15.00
Labor
Operator	hr	$ 14.48	8.5	$ 123.08
Regular Hired	hr	$ 10.13	51	$ 514.81
Thinning	hr	$ 7.24	40	$ 289.60
Pruning	tree	$ 1.00	272	$ 272.00
Harvesting	bushel	$ 1.30	375	$ 487.50
Irrigation
Drip Irrigation	acre	$ 250.00	1	$ 250.00
Other
Bee Hives	hive	$ 25.00	1	$ 25.00
Diesel Fuel
Tractors	gallon	$ 0.969	46.72	$ 45.27
Repair & Maintenance
Tractors and Equipment	acre	$ 79.00	1	$ 79.00
Marketing Costs
Field Bins	bin	$ 4.75	4	$ 19.00
Cool Storage	bushel	$ 0.25	375	$ 93.75
Sub-Total				$ 2,625.24
Interest on Operating Capital^a	acre	10%	1	$ 63.53
Total Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 2,688.77
Fixed Costs
Machinery and Equipment	acre	$ 139.84	1	$ 139.84
Land Charge	acre	$ 100.00	1	$ 100.00
Preproduction Cost Allocation	acre	8%	1	$ 868.44
Total Fixed Costs	acre		1	$ 1,108.28
Total Fixed & Variable Costs	acre		1	$ 3,797.05
Management Fees ^a	acre	7%	1	$ 258.79
Total Costs	acre		1	$ 4,055.84

^aSee text for calculation assumptions.