Table E. 10. Per acre production costs and yields for selected crops in Mexico, Texas, and
 California
 Location/crop Preharvest cost per acre Yield per acre
 Mexico
 Tomatoes 3048 880"
 Peppers 2200 760b
 Cucumbers 1912 550y
 Squash 614 220'
 Eggplant 2418 1230Y
 Texas
 Peppers 1325 400b
 California
 Strawberries 13910 2500'

"Twenty-five pound cartons.
'Twenty-five pound bushels.
"Fifty-five pound bushels.
*Forty-two pound bushels.
'Thirty-three pound bushels.
'Twelve pound flats.

Source: Van Sickle, et al., 1994; Texas Cooperative Extension Service; California Cooperative
Extension Service.




months. Instead of defining numerous enterprises with specific plant-harvest dates, the approach

taken herein was to define a single composite enterprise which depicts all production of similar

enterprises in that production area. Hence, marketing from a particular cropping system are

spread over several months. Data compiled by the Florida Tomato Committee (1993) provided

monthly marketing by production area for tomatoes. There is no similar data for the other

crops included in this study. The Vegetable Summary provides statewide marketing by month

and crop, but this information is not disaggregated by production area.