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1999 TOBACCO PRODUCTION BUDGET
  ITEM     EXPLANATION      PRICE PER               YIELD (lb/A)   YOUR
          UNIT BUDGET
                  2000 2500 3000    
RECEIPTS
Tobacco $1.90 /lb $3,800 $4,750 $5,700  
VARIABLE  COSTS
Transplants
bought transplants         7000 plants/A 35 /1000 plants 245 245 245  
grown transplants         7000 plants/A 20 /1000 plants
Fertilizer 1  
N (lbs.) 200 225 275 0.27 /lb 54 61 74  
P2O5(lbs) 100 130 160 0.29 /lb 29 38 46  
K2O(lbs) 200 250 300 0.30 /lb 60 75 90  
Lime(lbs) 2000 17.5 /ton 18 18 18  
Chemicals  
Herbicides 2 25 40 55  
Insecticides 3 25 36 66  
Fungicides 4 40 119 184  
Sucker Control 30 30 30  
Cover Crop Wheat 20 20 20  
Crop Insurance 0 140 180  
Fuel, Oil, Grease 100 110 120  
Repairs- Buildings and Equipment 150 175 200  
Int. on Oper. Cap. 5 796 6 mo 9.0% 36 39 49  
Marketing
Government 0.032 /lb 64 80 96  
Warehouse 6.0 % 228 285 342  
Grading Fee 0.83 /cwt 17 21 25  
Hired Labor          
TOTAL VARIABLE COSTS -Per Acre 1140 1530 1840  
-Per Pound 0.57 0.61 0.61  
FIXED COSTS
Quota Lease 6 0.20 /lb 400 500 600  
Labor Charge 7 170 185 200 7.50 /hr 1275 1388 1500  
Mach. And Equip. Charge 500 500 500  
Sticks 1200 20 /100 sticks 12 12 12  
Building Charge 2500 17 % 425 425 425  
Land Charge 8 70 85 100  
Management Charge 5% of gross revenue 190 238 285    
TOTAL FIXED COSTS 2872 3147 3422  
TOTAL COSTS -Per Acre 4012 4677 5262  
-Per Pound 2.01 1.87 1.75  
RETURN ABOVE VARIABLE COSTS 2660 3220 3860  
RETURN ABOVE TOTAL COSTS (212) 73 438  
                           
1. Fertilizer prices based on southern Ohio retail prices
2. Devinrol + Prowl, Spartan, Spartan+Command for the three respective yield levels
3. Orthene(2 lb.), Admire, Admire+Orthene (2 lb.) for the three respective yield levels
4. Ridomail (1/2 pt/A), Ridomil 1pt./A + Acrobat 3 lb/A, Ridomil 1 pt./A+Acrobat 8lb./A for the three respective yield levels
5. Interest charged for 6 months at 9% interest rate.
6. Quota lease charge may be $0 if quota is owned
7. Part or all of labor may be a variable cost if paid labor varies with acres farmed.
 It’s a fixed cost if labor costs do not change with acres farmed.
8. Average based on 1996 data.  Land charges vary throughout the state, check your local rates.