Apple Rootstock Performance NC-140 Trials

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Pumpkin Production
R. Allen Straw
Area Specialist
SW VA AREC
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Pumpkin Production
 Economics  Irrigation
 Marketing  No-Till Considerations
 Variety Selection  Disease control
 pH  Insect Control
 Fertility  Weed Control
 Planting Date(s)  Wildlife Control
 Plant Spacing  Harvesting
 Pollination  Post-Harvest Handling
Production Costs
 Variable Costs $920
– Seed 1,500 $50/M $75
– Fertilizer-100-100-100 $750/ton $375
– Lime 1 ton $20/ton $20
– Hive Rental 1 hive $50/hive $50
– Equipment $150
Production Costs (cont.)
 Variable Costs (cont.)
– Herbicides $75
Roundup Weathermax @ 1 qt/A $15
Command 4EC @ 1 pint/A $14
Curbit 3EC @ 2 qt/A $19
Gramoxone Max @ 1 pint/A $10
80-20 Surfactant @ 0.25% v/v <$1
Select 2EC @ 8 fl oz/A $12
COC @ 1% v/v $4
Production Costs (cont.)
 Variable Costs (cont.)
– Fungicides $116
Cabrio @ 12 oz/A (4 appl.) $68
Bravo @ 1 qt/A (4 appl.) $48
Insecticides $164
Admire 2F @ 1 pt/A $72
Asana XL @ 9.6 fl oz/A (4 appl.) $29
Thiodan 3EC @ 1 qt/A (4 appl.) $35
Lannate LV @ 1 qt/A (2 appl.) $28
Production Costs (cont.)
 Labor 100 hr/A $9/hr $900
 Land 1 A $75/A $75
 Fixed Costs $300
– Equipment $300
 Interest $100
– Short Term @ 7% $25
– Long Term @ 8% $75
 Total Costs $2,500
Pumpkin Economics – Past ($/lb)
Yield / 20,000 22,500 25,000 27,500 30,000
Price
0.08 1,600 1,800 2,000 2,200 2,400
0.09 1,800 2,025 2,250 2,475 2,700
0.10 2,000 2,250 2,500 2,750 3,000
0.11 2,200 2,475 2,750 3,025 3,300
0.12 2,400 2,700 3,000 3,300 3,600
Pumpkin Economics – Present
($/pumpkin)
Yield / 1,000 1,100 1,200 1,300 1,400
Price
1.00 1,000 1,100 1,200 1,300 1,400
1.25 1,250 1,375 1,500 1,625 1,750
1.50 1,500 1,650 1,800 1,950 2,100
1.75 1,750 1,925 2,100 2,275 2,450
2.00 2,000 2,200 2,400 2,600 2,800
Break Even Prices / Production
 Given a price of:  Given production of:
– $1.50 / pumpkin – 1,500 pumpkins/A
– $1.75 / pumpkin – 1,750 pumpkins/A
– $2.00 / pumpkin – 2,000 pumpkins/A
 To break even you  To break even you
need to produce: need to receive:
– 1,693 pumpkins/A – $1.69 / pumpkin
– 1,451 pumpkins/A – $1.45 / pumpkin
– 1,270 pumpkins/A – $1.27 / pumpkin
Marketing Considerations
 Wholesale  Retail
– Advantages – Advantages
Large volume Higher price
Greater acreage – Disadvantages
Greater efficiency
Less volume
Economy of scale –
Less acreage
lower production
Less efficient
costs
Higher production
– Disadvantages
costs
Lower price
 Direct Sales to
Chain Stores