TABLE 1. Basic cost information for Cibola County, 2001.
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Labor Wage Rate:
    Equipment operators             $/hour               $6.45
    General & Irrigators            $/hour               $5.15
 
Purchased Inputs:
    Fertilizer:
         Nitrogen (N)               $/pound              $0.42
         Phosphate (P205)           $/pound              $0.39
 
    Seed:
         Alfalfa                    $/pound              $2.95
         Oats                       $/pound              $0.23
         Sweet Corn                 $/pound              $6.00
         Wheat                      $/pound              $0.11
         Pasture                    $/pound              $2.85
 
    Baling wire                     $/pound              $0.36
    Gopher control                  $/acre               $1.50
    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      $20.00
 
Employee Benefits                   percent/wages        18.00%
 
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
    Field Crop-Irrigation           $/labor hour         $1.00
    Field Crop-Equipment & General  $/labor hour         $0.50
 
Management Rate                     percent               7.00%
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TABLE 1a.  Overhead cost information for Cibola County, 2001.
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  Electricity (Domestic & Shop)               $205.00 per month  $2,460
  Telephone                                   $105.00 per month  $1,260
  Accounting & Legal                                             $1,470
  Misc. Supplies & Hand Tools                                    $2,420
  Pickup and Auto
         miles      20,000     @      $0.325 per mile            $6,500
  Insurance
    - general liability (non-employee)                           $1,615
    - fire/theft                                                 $1,275
  Property Taxes
    - non-planted land                                              $94
    - other than land & machinery                                  $575
  Building repairs and maintenance                               $1,230
  Dues, fees, publications                                         $370
  Farmstead Equipment                                              $155
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                                                      Total     $19,424
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                                    Total Per Planted Acre       $66.29
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