GREEN CABBAGE, FRESH MARKET
Kentucky Estimated per Acre Costs and Returns for 2001
	Quantity	Unit	$/Unit	Total
GROSS RETURNS
Cabbage (50 lb box)	600	box	$    5.25	$3,150.00	a,b
Cabbage (50 lb bag)	50		$    3.25	$   162.50
Total Returns				$3,312.50
VARIABLE COSTS
Production
Plants  (bare root)	14.5	1000 plants	$   19.00	$   275.50
Lime	0.5	ton	$   12.12	$      6.06
Fertilizer: 19-19-19 Spread	800	lb	$    0.11	$     91.30
Fertilizer: Starter	30	lb	$    1.40	$     42.00
Fertilizer: Ammonium Nitrate	200	lb	$    0.09	$     17.50
Herbicide	2	qts	$   11.53	$     10.14	c
Insecticides	1	acre		$     53.89	c
Fungicide	1	acre		$     78.76	c
Irrigation	4	hours	$    7.50	$     30.00	f
Hired Labor	15	hours	$    8.00	$   120.00
Machinery Variable Costs	1	acre	$   36.62	$     36.62	d
Total Preharvest Variable Costs				$   761.78
HARVESTING AND MARKETING
Boxes	600	boxes	$    1.25	$   750.00
Bags	50	bags	$    0.50	$     25.00
Hired Labor
Harvest & Pack	$    0.30	box		$   180.00	e
Misc. Harvest Labor	2.50	hrs	$    8.00	$     20.00
Marketing Costs (10% of Gross)	10.0%	gross		$   331.25
Hauling Variable Costs	600	boxes	$    0.07	$     42.00
Total Harvesting and Marketing Cost				$1,348.25
Interest on Variable Costs				$     64.62
TOTAL VARIABLE COST				$2,174.65
RETURN ABOVE VARIABLE COSTS				$   975.35
FIXED COSTS
Machinery and Equipment				$     88.06	d
Depreciation on Irrigation System				$   175.00
Taxes on Land				$      5.00
Insurance				$     15.75
TOTAL FIXED COSTS				$   283.81
TOTAL EXPENSES				$2,458.46
RETURN TO OPERATOR LABOR, LAND, CAPITAL, & MGT.				$   691.54
Operator and Unpaid Family Labor	50	hrs.	$    8.00	$   400.00
RETURN TO LAND, CAPITAL, AND MANAGEMENT				$   291.54
a Average Yield for US was 302 cwt per acre in 1999.
b Price based on USDA season average price received by producers 1994-2000 and 2000 terminal market price trends in Atlanta, Detroit, and St. Louis.
c Pesticide costs based on recommended applications of various products using 2000 UK product costs
d Machinery costs based on 2000 Iowa State generator modified for KY and vegetable production
e Based on NC State Budgets with revisions from Kentucky vegetable experts.
f  Irrigation assumes on-farm water source.  Costs may vary considerably depending on water supply.