TABLE 1. Basic cost information for Cibola County, 2001.
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Labor Wage Rate:                    $/hour               $5.15
 
Purchased Inputs
    Seed:
         Alfalfa                    $/pound              $2.95
         Oats                       $/pound              $0.23
         Corn                       $/bag               $78.50
         Wheat                      $/pound              $0.11
         Pasture                    $/pound              $2.85
 
    Baling wire                     $/pound              $0.36
    Gopher control                  $/acre               $1.00
    Canal water                     $/acre               $9.00
 
Energy:
    Diesel fuel                     $/gallon             $1.50
    Gasoline                        $/gallon             $1.45
    Electricity                     cents/KwHr            6.75
 
Employee Liability Insurance        $/$1,000 wages      $12.00
 
Employee Benefits                   percent/wages        12.00%
 
Labor Downtime                      percent              25.00%
 
Financial Rates:
  Operating Capital Interest Rate   percent               9.00%
  Land Interest Rate                percent               7.50%
  Equipment Interest Rate           percent               9.00%
  Real Interest Rate                percent               4.00%
 
Land Taxes                   $36.00 /acre (full value)   $0.31
 
Personal Property Tax Rate - NR     $/$1,000 (Assessed  $26.14
                           - R               Value)     $20.42
 
Supervision Factors                 $/labor hour         $0.50
 
Management Rate                     percent               4.00%
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TABLE 1a.  Overhead cost information for Cibola County, 2001.
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         ITEM
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  Electricity (Domestic & Shop)                 $0.00 per month      $0
  Telephone                                     $0.00 per month      $0
  Accounting & Legal                                               $125
  Misc. Supplies & Hand Tools                                      $240
  Pickup and Auto
         miles       2,500     @      $0.325 per mile              $813
  Insurance
    - general liability (non-employee)                               $0
    - fire/theft                                                     $0
  Property Taxes
    - non-planted land                                               $0
    - other than land & machinery                                   $65
  Building repairs and maintenance                                 $105
  Dues, fees, publications                                         $105
  Farmstead Equipment                                                $0
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                                                      Total      $1,453
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                                    Total Per Planted Acre      $181.56
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