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Costs of Production
This Website provides links presents estimated costs of production major vegetable crops produced in one or more of 8 producing areas in Florida. The cost budgets were constructed using the computerized budget generator program, AGSYS. Technical coefficients used in constructing the budgets were obtained by consultation with individual growers, county agents, and IFAS researchers. The input prices used in conjunction with the technical coefficients were obtained by survey and correspondence with farm suppliers and growers in each of the areas in which production costs are reported.
The budgets presented in this report are intended to reflect the cost of production incurred when production practices that are considered typical for any given crop in a given area are followed. What constitutes a typical production practice for each crop was defined by a consensus of opinion between IFAS personnel and various producers in each production area. It should be emphasized that cost estimates resulting from this process should not be considered as representing the average cost of production in a statistical sense nor should they be considered as necessarily relating to recommended production practices. The intent of these cost budgets is to establish a benchmark within the range of actual costs that could be expected to produce the crop.
For each crop contained in this report there are two sets of tables that present that provide information for each crop. The first set of table present the estimated cost of production per acre and per unit, and estimated net returns for various price and yield combination activity. The second set of tables present a breakdown of fixed and variable machinery and implement costs.
For Interactive Budgets please click HERE