هزینه نمونه برداری برای ایجاد باغ نخل و تولید خرما

ABSTRACT Sample Costs to Establish a Date Palm Orchard and Produce Dates In the Coachella Valley, Riverside County, 2005-2006

This study of date palm orchard establishment and production costs in the Coachella Valley is based on the most common or typical operations expressed by growers, but can vary among growers depending upon location, management and cultural practices. Growers should adjust our costs in areas where they differ from it.

Our estimate of the accumulated cash cost during the 9 years period of a date palm orchard establishment in the Coachella Valley of Riverside county is $33,637 per acre (Table 1). The annual production cost including harvesting (assuming 13,056 lbs per acre yield) is estimated to be $9,235 per acre or $0.71 per pound. Annual costs of production estimates are given in Tables 2, 3 and 4 (costs presented in various forms). Due to rounding, the totals may be slightly different between tables.

The pie graph that follows shows the proportion of production costs by category. It shows that 29% of the cost is accounted for by cultural practices such as pruning, weed control, pest control, fertilization, and irrigation, 7% by harvesting (picking and hauling). Cash overhead costs including liability insurance, leaf analysis, sanitation fee, office expenses, property taxes, property insurance and investment repairs account for about 13%; land rent for 20%; non-cash overhead or annual ownership costs of equipments, buildings, tools, and irrigation system for 4% and interest on operating capital for 2%. The amortization or the distribution of the tree establishment cost during the production period accounts for 25%.