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Cultural Practices and Sample Costs for Organic Vegetable Production on the Central Coast of California.


The entire report is 89 pages (3.1 mb)

The following sections of the report may be downloaded separately.

Each table 1-17 includes for each crop:
- total costs per acre
- operating input costs
- monthly cash costs per acre

Text of Report - acknowledgements, abstract, overview of production practices, costs & returns, references (19 pages 1.3 mb)

Table 1 - Cabbage (4 pages, 105 kb)

Table 2 - Cauliflower (4 pages, 109 kb)

Table 3 - Cucumber (4 pages, 103 kb)

Table 4 - Garlic (5 pages, 125 kb)

Table 5 - Leaf Lettuce (4 pages, 109 kb)

Table 6 - Romaine Lettuce (4 pages, 109 kb)

Table 7 - Red Onions (4 pages, 118 kb)

Table 8 - Yellow Onions (4 pages, 120 kb)

Table 9 - Non-staked Snap Peas (4 pages, 99 kb)

Table 10 - Non-staked Snow Peas (4 pages, 99 kb)

Table 11 - Green Bell Peppers (4 pages, 108 kb)

Table 12 - Red Bell Peppers (4 pages, 106 kb)

Table 13 - Sweet Corn (4 pages, 102 kb)

Table 14 - Large Variety Winter Squash (4 pages, 107 kb)

Table 15 - Small Variety Winter Squash (4 pages, 107 kb)

Table 16 - Barley Cover Crop (2 pages, 36 kb)

Table 17 - Vetch Cover Crop (2 pages, 36 kb)

Table 18 - Yield and Return Ranges for Selected Central Coast Organic Vegetable Crops (1 page, 22 kb)

Table 19 - Whole Farm Annual Equipment, Investment, and Business Overhead Costs for a Diversified Organic Vegetable Operation (2 pages, 64 kb)

Table 20 - Hourly Equipment Costs for a Diversified Organic Vegetable Operation (1 page, 34 kb)
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