Table 1. Summary of estimated per acre costs and
 Vegetables, 1981-82


returns for selected Florida


 Preharvest Harvest and Total Total Net
 Crop Area marketing
 cost m et costs receipts return
 costs


 Snap beans 2 $ 701.95 $ 306.28 $1,008.23 $ 851.16 $-157.07
 Cabbage 16 874.86 957.81 1,832.67 2,386.25 553.28
 Celery 11 1,833.25 1,742.00 3,575.25 4,363.86 788.61
 Celery 4 2,475.92 1,553.18 4,029,10 3,400.44 -628.66
 Sweet corn 11 820.06 677.44 1,497.50 1,661.61 164.11

 Sweet corn 4 565.24 637.26 1,202.50 1,122.68 -79.82
 Sweet corn 2 972.34 549.68 1,522.02 1,385.65 -136.37
 Cucumbers 3 1,150.76 1,110.80 2,261.56 1,956.04 -305.52
 Eggplant 2 2,470.47 1,490.36 3,960.83 3,765.86 -194.97
 Leaf 11 954.95 1,410.92 2,365,87 3,687.36 1,321.49

 Leaf 4 1,456.80 1,330.12 2,786.92 3,251.93 465.01
 Peppers 3 2,/06.36 1,268.53 3,574.89 2,808.60 -766.29
 Peppers 2 2,975.36 1,426.49 4,401.85 3,891.96 -509.89
 Potatoes 1 1,444.04 383.32 1,827.36 2,524.34 696.98
 Potatoes 16 1,003.59 395.43 1,399.02 1,824.00 424.98

 Radishes 4 304.69 331.81 636.50 798.75 162.25
 Squash 1 841.58 599.70 1,441.28 1,569.78 128.50
 Squash 3 739.72 782.02 1,521.74 1,782.96 261.22
 Squash 2 692.12 455.21 1,147.33 1,627.92 408.59
 Strawberries 9 4,127.08 6,945.12 11,072.20 11,377.52 305.32

 Tomatoes 1 2,458.19 3,499.53 5,957.72 6,328.30 370.58
 Tomatoes 3 2,774.32 3,070.97 5,845.29 5,753.00 -92.29
 Tomatoes 8 2,449.99 4,266.92 6,716.91 6,840.75 123.84
Watermelons 3 1,333.63 418.73 1,752.36 1,449.00 -303.36