1999-2000 Crop Year Information
Strawberries: Estimated production costs in the Plant City area, 1999-2000

Average per
Category Acre a  Flat
Yield (12 lb. flats) 

2,200.00
OPERATING COSTS
-------Dollars-------
Transplants
Fertilizer
Fumigant
Fungicide
Herbicide 
Insecticide
Labor
Machinery
Interest
MISCELLANEOUS
Farm Truck (s)
Tranplant labor
Plastic Disposal
Cut Run/Hoe/Weed
Trickle Tube
Plastic Mulch
Scouting
Predatory Mites
Cover Crop Seed
Total operating cost
FIXED COST
Land rent
Machinery
Overhead
Total fixed cost
TOTAL PREHARVEST COST

HARVEST AND MARKETING COSTS
Pack, load and haul
Boxes and cups
Sell
Pick strawberries
Harvest Supervision
Total harvest and marketing cost
TOTAL COST		  1,670.00
183.75
650.00
581.13
81.85
397.98
323.19 361.89

422.13
82.27
220.00
55.78
120.00
201.60
292.50
57.00
97.50
37.50
5,836.08

875.00
172.37 1,938.39
2,985.76 8,821.84


 968.00 3,718.00 1,650.00
3,344.00 330.00
10,010.00
18,831.84
























4.01


0.44
1.69
0.75
1.52
0.15
4.55
8.56

a 10,000 linear bed feet

b Producer bears cost of selling berries. Generally 10 percent of FOB price. An average of $7.00 FOB is

used in the budget.

Source:  University of Florida, IFAS Agriculture Business Center.

Strawberries: Estimated net returns for various price and yield combinations in the Plant City area, 1999-2000

Dollars per flat
Yield (flats) 5.00  7.00 9.00 11.00  13.00
1,600 -8,101.84 -4,901.84 -1,701.84  1,498.16  4,698.16
1,800 -8,011.84  -4,411.84 -811.84 2,788.16  6,388.16
2,000  -7,921.84 -3,921.84  78.16  4,078.16 8,078.16
2,200  -7,831.84 -3,431.84   968.16  5,368.16 9,768.16
2,400 -7,741.84   -2,941.84 1,858.16  6,658.16   11,458.16

Source:  University of Florida, IFAS Agriculture Business Center.

 


Strawberries:  Average per flat for fresh market sales, monthly, Florida, crop years 1995-96 through 1999-2000 in dollars

Crop Year Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr1 Average
1995-1996 17.28 11.16 9.36 6.12 6.12 8.66
1996-1997 19.20 11.64 8.52 8.28 /2 9.91
1997-1998 22.08 12.36 12.96 8.64 10.20 12.00
1998-1999 12.96 12.12 12.00 7.20 5.88 9.72
1999-2000 15.36 10.56 9.72 6.12 /2 9.12

1 Includes May
2 Combined with March

Source:  Florida Agricultural Statistics 1999-2000 Vegetable Summary