2011 Georgia Southern High bush Blueberry in Soil Budget

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1 2011 Georgia Southern High bush Blueberry in Soil Budget Prepared by: Esendugue Greg Fonsah 1, Gerard Krewer 2, John Ed Smith 3, Danny Stanaland 4 1 Extension Ag Economist, 2 Extension Horticulturist, University of Georgia, Tifton and 3,4 Extension Agents, Bacon County, Georgia. Year 1: First Year Estimated Establishment and Maintenance per Acre of Southern Highbush blueberry in Soil in Georgia, 2011 Items Appl. Unit Quantity Price $Amt. Your Land preparation Pre-plant Weed Control Gal Stumping, pushing, burning 2/ Acre Chopping Acre Triple Super Phosphate Ibs Copper sulfate Lbs Harrowing Acre Bedding Acre Breaking aisles Acre Ditching and drainage Acre Milled Pine Bark Ton Planting Plants (4' x 10') Planting labor / Fertilizer (liquid) Gal Weed Control 0.00 Post-emergence 2/yr. Acre Tractor & sprayer 4/yr. Hrs Labor 4/yr. Hrs Insect & Disease Control 0.00 Fungicide 4/yr. Acre Insecticide 2/yr. Acre Tractor & sprayer 6/yr. Acre Labor 6/yr. Acre Pruning 1/yr. Hrs Interest on Operation $ Total Operating $6, Fixed Tractor & Equipment Acre Overhead & Management $

2 Total Fixed $3, Total Establishment $9, Table 2: Second Year Estimated and Maintenance per Acre for Georgia Southern Highbush Blueberry in Soil, Operating Items Appl. Unit Quant. Price $Amt. Your Fertilizer (Liquid) Yr. Gal Weed Control Post-emergence 2/yr. Acre Labor 4/yr. Acre Insect & Disease Control Fungicide 8/yr. Acre Insecticide 4/yr. Acre Tractor & sprayer 12/yr. Acre Labor 12/yr. Acre Pruning 1/yr. Acre Irrigation Yr. Acre Interest on Operation $ Total Operation $1, Harvesting & Marketing Harvesting Ibs Custom Packing Lbs Cooling, Handling & Brokerage Lbs $2, Fixed Tractor and Equipment Acre Overhead & Management $ Total Fixed (TFC) $2, Total Establishment per Acre (TC) $7, Less Returns From Receipts $ $4, Total Establishment After Deducting Receipts $2,209.55

3 Table 3: Third Year Estimated and Maintenance per Acre for Georgia Southern High bush Blueberry in Soil, Operating Items Appl. Unit Quantity Price $Amt. Your Fertilizer 1/ Yr. Gal Weed Control Post-emergence 2/yr. Acre Labor 4/yr. Acre Insect & Disease Control Fungicide 8/yr. Acre Insecticide 4/yr. Acre Tractor & sprayer 12/yr. Acre Labor 12/yr. Acre Pruning 1/yr. Hrs Interest on Operation $ Total Operations $1, Harvesting & Marketing Harvesting Ibs Custom Packing Lbs Cooling, Handling & Brokerage Lbs $7, Total Operating, Harvesting and Marketing costs $8, Fixed Tractor and equipment Acre Overhead & Management $ Total Fixed $ $2, Total Establishment per $ $1, Acre Total Receipt Per Acre $ $11,400 Total Establishment After Deducting Receipt $ $

4 Table 4: Fourth Year Full Production Georgia Southern Highbush Blueberry in Soil Budget, Best Opt Median Pess. Worst Yours *Yield (lbs.) *Price per lb Variable Items Application Unit Quantity Price $Amt./ Acre Fertilizer (Fertigation) Yr. Gal Weed Control (4' Band) 0.00 Pre-emergence 2/yr. Acre Post-emergence 2/yr. Acre Tractor & sprayer 4/yr. Hrs Labor 4/yr. Hrs Insect & Disease Control 0.00 Insecticides 3/yr. Acre Fungicides 8/yr. Acre Tractor & sprayer 11/yr. Hrs Labor 11/yr. Acre Pruning Pruning (manual) 1/yr. Plants Mechanical topping 1/yr. Acre Interest on Operation $ Total Pre-Variable $ Your Harvesting & Marketing Harvesting Ibs Custom Packing Lbs Cooling, Handling & Brokerage Lbs $ Total Variable, Harvesting & Marketing Fixed Tractor & Equipment Acre Overhead & Management $ Recaptured Establishment Acre Total Fixed $ 3, Total budgeted cost per acre $ 17,412.84

5 Table 5: Net Returns Over Total of Producing Southern High Bush Blueberry in Soil in Georgia, Net return levels (TOP ROW); The chances of obtaining this level or more (MIDDLE ROW); and The chances of obtaining this level or less (BOTTOM ROW). Items Best Optimistic Expected Pessimistic Worst Returns ($) 9,187 8,113 7,040 2,537 4,892 3,819 2,745 Chances (%) 7% 16% 31% 94% Chances (%) 93% 84% 69% 6% 31% 16% 7% Chances for Profit = 99% Base Budgeted Net Revenue = $3,587 Acknowledgement This work was funded by The Southern Region Small Fruit consortium (SRSFC) Grant for which the authors are indebted. Equal thanks to the growers and Agricultural equipment, chemical and fertilizer vendors who assisted us in getting this budget completed.

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