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| Machine
harvesting costs -
4 row asparagus harvester |
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spread sheet is just an estimate… |
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| Estimated
Cost of Machine
$100,000 |
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| Machine harvesting costs - 2005
3 row harvester |
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| Cost of Machine |
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$100,000.00 |
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| Acres
Per Day Calcs |
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| Row Center Distance |
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64.00 |
inches |
| SqFt/Acre |
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43560.00 |
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| Linear
distance feet
per acre |
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8167.50 |
ft/acre |
| Acres per foot |
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0.00012 |
Acre/ft |
| 5280 feet/mile |
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5280.00 |
ft/mile |
| Acres/Mile |
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0.65 |
Acres/Mile |
| Machine speed |
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2.00 |
Mph |
| Acres//hour/header |
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1.29 |
Acres/hour/header |
| Hours of
Operation/day |
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20.00 |
Hours |
| Acres/day/row |
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25.86 |
Acres/day |
| Number of rows |
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4 |
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| Acres/day/machine |
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103.43 |
Acres/day |
| Cuttings/season |
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45.00 |
cuttings / season |
| Ownership
costs |
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| Cost of Machine |
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$100,000.00 |
Dollars |
| Cost over 5 years @
9% |
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$25,045.65 |
dollars/season |
| Cost/Acre/Season |
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$242.14 |
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| Maintenance
Costs/season |
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$6,000.00 |
dollars/season |
| Maintenance
Costs/acre |
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$58.01 |
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| Cost/acre/season |
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300.15 |
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| Labor
Costs |
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| Driver |
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14.00 |
dollars/hour |
| Worker 1 |
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9.00 |
dollars/hour |
| Worker 2 |
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9.00 |
dollars/hour |
| Total Labor |
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32.00 |
dollars/hour |
| Labor/cutting |
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640.00 |
dollars/cutting |
| Acres/cutting |
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103.43 |
acres/cutting |
| Labor/acre/cutting |
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6.19 |
Dollars/acre/cutting |
| Labor/acre/season |
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278.44 |
dollars/acre/season |
| Fuel
Costs |
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| cost of fuel |
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2.00 |
$/gallon |
| mpg |
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4.00 |
miles/gallon |
| gal/mile |
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0.25 |
gallons/mile |
| gal/acre |
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0.10 |
gallons/acre |
| $/acre/cutting |
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0.19 |
$/acre/cutting |
| $/acre/season |
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8.70 |
$/acre/season |
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| Costs/acre/season |
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587.29 |
$/acre/season |
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| Yield #/Acre |
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Cost/pound |
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Cost / Crate |
| 1500 |
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$0.39 |
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$11.75 |
| 2000 |
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$0.29 |
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$8.81 |
| 2500 |
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$0.23 |
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$7.05 |
| 3000 |
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$0.20 |
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$5.87 |
| 3500 |
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$0.17 |
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$5.03 |
| 4000 |
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$0.15 |
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$4.40 |
| 4500 |
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$0.13 |
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$3.92 |
| 5000 |
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$0.12 |
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$3.52 |
| 5500 |
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$0.11 |
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$3.20 |
| 6000 |
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$0.10 |
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$2.94 |
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