PUMPKINS:  Non-irrigated
Kentucky Estimated per Acre Costs and Returns for 2001
	Quantity	Unit	$/Unit	Total
GROSS RETURNS
Pumpkins (18-22 lb size)	22,000	lb	$    0.08	$   1,760.00	a,b
VARIABLE COSTS
Production
Seed	2	lb	$   45.00	$       90.00
Lime	0.5	ton	$   12.12	$         6.06
Fertilizer	1	acre	$   85.00	$       85.00
Herbicides	1	acre		$       30.55	c
Insecticides	4	apps.		$       50.05	c
Fungicides	3	apps.		$      176.91	c
Pollination	1	hive	$   40.00	$       40.00
Machinery Variable Costs	1	acre	$   35.73	$       35.73	d
Total Preharvest Variable Costs				$      514.29
HARVESTING AND MARKETING
Hired Labor
Harvesting, Hauling, Handling	70	hr	$    8.00	$      560.00
Marketing Costs (10% of Gross)	10.0%	gross		$      176.00	e
Hauling Variable Costs	220	cwt	$    0.15	$       33.00
Total Harvesting and Marketing Cost				$      769.00
Interest on Variable Costs				$       40.45
TOTAL VARIABLE COST				$   1,323.74
RETURN ABOVE VARIABLE COSTS				$      436.26
FIXED COSTS
Machinery and Equipment				$       59.63
Taxes on Land				$         5.00
Insurance				$       26.40
TOTAL FIXED COSTS				$       91.03
TOTAL EXPENSES				$   1,414.77
RETURN TO OPERATOR LABOR, LAND, CAPITAL, & MGT.				$      345.23
Operator and Unpaid Family Labor	20	hrs.	$    8.00	$      160.00
RETURN TO LAND, CAPITAL, AND MANAGEMENT				$      185.23
a Average Yield for US was 215 cwt per acre in 1999.
b Price based on USDA season average price and terminal market price trends in Atlanta, Detroit, St. Louis, during KY season
c Pesticide costs based on recommended applications of various products using 1999 UK product costs
d Machinery costs based on 1996 NC State standards used in cantaloupe budget and 1999 Iowa State estimated machinery costs
e  Based on state budgets with revisions by Kentucky vegetable experts