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1 2015 Projected Commodity Costs And Returns Crawfish Production in Louisiana Robert W. Boucher and Jeffrey M. Gillespie Farm Management Research & Extension Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness A.E.A. Information Series No February 2015

2 February 2015 A.E.A. Information Series No. 310 PROJECTED COSTS FOR CRAWFISH PRODUCTION IN LOUISIANA, 2015 by Robert W. Boucher and Jeffrey M. Gillespie Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station/Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION... 1 LIST OF TABLES TABLE PAGE 1 A Summary of Projected Costs per Acre for Crawfish and Crawfish-Rice Production, Louisiana, Breakeven Selling Prices for Crawfish for Selected Yield Levels, Louisiana, A 4A 5A 3B 4B 5B Estimated Costs per Acre, Single Crop Crawfish, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, Estimated Costs per Acre, Rice-Crawfish Double Crop, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, Estimated Costs per Acre, Rice-Crawfish in Field Rotation, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, Estimated Resource Use and Costs for Field Operations per Acre, Single Crop Crawfish, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, Estimated Resource Use and Costs for Field Operations per Acre, Rice-Crawfish Double Crop, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, Estimated Resource Use and Costs for Field Operations per Acre, Rice -Crawfish in Field Rotation, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, TABLE APPENDIX TABLES PAGE 1 Operating Inputs: Estimated Prices, Louisiana, Powered Equipment: Estimated Useful Life, Annual Use, Purchase Price, Repair Cost, Fuel Consumption Rate, and Direct and Fixed Cost per Hour, Louisiana, Implements: Estimated Performance Rate, Useful Life, Annual Use, Purchase Price, Repair Cost, and Direct and Fixed Cost per Hour and per Acre, Louisiana, Other Durable Inputs: Estimated Repair Cost, Fuel Consumption Rate, Direct Cost per Unit of Measure, and Fixed Cost per Unit of Measure or per Acre, Louisiana, Definitions of Selected Line Items in the Crawfish Production Budgets ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors express appreciation to the many producers, LCES, and LAES personnel who cooperated in providing information and reviewing of the production practice and performance data incorporated into budget estimates. Specific recognition is extended to Greg Lutz, Ray McClain and Robert Romaire.

4 PROJECTED COSTS FOR CRAWFISH PRODUCTION IN LOUISIANA, 2015 by Robert W. Boucher and Jeffrey M. Gillespie 1 INTRODUCTION Crawfish production enterprises, like other farm enterprises, require advanced planning to make production decisions that are likely to result in profit. The purpose of this report is to provide production cost estimates for crawfish enterprises. These estimates may assist producers in making decisions and obtaining adequate financing. Crawfish production and its associated costs differ considerably among producers and resource situations. The projected costs presented here should not be interpreted as averages for producers in the industry. The purpose of the cost projections is to provide guidelines whereby producers and others with an interest in crawfish production costs can make cost estimates appropriate to their unique situations. Data used in development of the budgets are a combination of information obtained directly from producers, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service specialists and Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station scientists. Current machinery and other input price data were combined with production practice data using the Microcomputer Enterprise Budget Generator developed at Mississippi State University. Fixed costs were estimated based on typical rates of use and sizes of operations. Production budget estimates are presented on a 'per acre' basis to facilitate using the estimates for different sized operations. Overhead costs associated with operation of the farm business have been allocated as a residual claimant on a per acre basis in the enterprise budgets, but have not been included in the computation of breakeven selling prices. Estimates are based on surveys and information provided by researchers and Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service personnel. Budgets are presented for three owner-operator situations without aeration that typify producers included in a 2008 survey: 1) Southwest Louisiana single crop ponds (Table 3), 2) Southwest Louisiana rice-crawfish double crop (Table 4), and 3) Southwest Louisiana rice-crawfish double crop in a fallow rotation (Table 5). Fixed costs for non-aerated systems are based on a 120- acre production unit consisting of six 20-acre ponds configured in two 60-acre units. Harvesting is assumed to be performed by one person using a hydraulic boat with 14 traps per acre for the single crop and 9 traps for the double crop and rotational systems. In Southwest Louisiana, harvesting is assumed to occur every third day during December through February and every other day during March through May. Seasonal yield distributions reflect those reported by producers surveyed in Total season yields are not absolute sample averages, but reflect typical yields reported by respondents. No crawfish returns are included since there are no publicly published sources of crawfish prices. Marketing costs included in the budgets assume that the product is sold to processors and wholesalers in Southwest Louisiana. Table 1 presents a summary comparison of projected costs and yields per acre for the three crawfish production situations. Breakeven selling prices required to recover costs are presented in Table 2 for five alternative yield levels for each crawfish situation. Tables with an "A" designation provide estimated cost budgets, whereas tables with a "B" designation show detailed costs for operations. 1 Research Associate and Martin D. Woodin Endowed Professor, respectively, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge.

5 Table 1. A Summary of Projected Costs per Acre for Crawfish and Crawfish-Rice Production in Louisiana, Yield Direct Fixed Total Crop Description Per Acre Expenses Expenses Expenses Crawfish Enterprises: Pounds Dollars per Acre Southwest Louisiana, Owner Single Crop Crawfish, b Crawfish-Rice Double Crop,a b c Crawfish-Rice in Rotation,a b d a Land costs are not included. b Yield includes 600 lbs of crawfish and 42 cwt of rice. c Yield includes 600 lbs of crawfish and 68 cwt of rice. Table 2. Breakeven Selling Prices for Crawfish for Selected Yield Levels, Louisiana, Total Total Base Yield Level Costs Variable Yield Base a Costs Level --Dollar/Acre--- lb. - Dollars/Lb.- PRICES REQUIRED TO RECOVER TOTAL SPECIFIED COSTS Crawfish Enterprises: Southwest Louisiana, Owner Single Crop Crawfish, Owner Crawfish-Rice Double Crop, b Crawfish-Rice in Rotation, b PRICES REQUIRED TO RECOVER VARIABLE COSTS Crawfish Enterprises: Southwest Louisiana Single Crop Crawfish, Owner Crawfish-Rice Double Crop, b Crawfish-Rice in Rotation, b a Land costs are not included. b Breakeven Selling Prices for Crawfish double cropped with rice represents the net cost of producing crawfish in the double crop situation compared to producing rice alone. 2

6 Table 3.A Estimated Costs per Acre, Single Crop Crawfish, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, ITEM UNIT PRICE QUANTITY AMOUNT YOUR FARM INCOME Crawfish (Dec - May) lbs TOTAL INCOME DIRECT EXPENSES CUSTOM Airplane seed cwt Global pos. system acre Airplane fert cwt BAIT Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Manuf. crawfish bait lbs FERTILIZER Urea (45%) lbs HIRED LABOR Irrigation labor hour OTHER Hip boots pair Sacks each SEED Rice seed lbs OPERATOR LABOR Tractors hour Self-Propelled Eq. hour IRRIGATION LABOR Crawf irrig single hour DIESEL FUEL Tractors gal Self-Propelled Eq. gal Crawf irrig single gal GASOLINE Self-Propelled Eq. gal REPAIR & MAINTENANCE Implements acre Tractors acre Self-Propelled Eq. acre Crawf irrig single acin Crawf pond&eq single acre INTEREST ON OP. CAP. acre TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES FIXED EXPENSES Implements acre Tractors acre Self-Propelled Eq. acre Crawf irrig single acin Crawf pond&eq single acre TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES ALLOCATED COST ITEMS Overhead (owner) acre Land ( oppor. cost ) acre

7 Table 4.A Estimated Costs per Acre, Rice-Crawfish Double Crop, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, ITEM UNIT PRICE QUANTITY AMOUNT YOUR FARM INCOME Rice cwt Rice Checkoff cwt Crawfish (Dec- April) lbs TOTAL INCOME DIRECT EXPENSES CUSTOM Airplane fert cwt Global pos. system acre Airplane seed cwt App by air appl Drying rice cwt Haul rice cwt BAIT Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Manuf. crawfish bait lbs FERTILIZER Nitrogen lbs Phosphate lbs Potash lbs HERBICIDES Propanil qt HIRED LABOR Other labor hour Irrigation labor hour OTHER Rice gate each Seed crawfish lbs Hip boots pair Sacks each SEED Rice seed lbs OPERATOR LABOR Tractors hour Self-Propelled Eq. hour IRRIGATION LABOR Crawf irrig double hour OWNER LABOR Self-Propelled Eq. hour DIESEL FUEL Tractors gal Self-Propelled Eq. gal Crawf irrig double gal GASOLINE Self-Propelled Eq. gal REPAIR & MAINTENANCE Implements acre Tractors acre Self-Propelled Eq. acre Crawf irrig double acin Crawf pond&eq double acre INTEREST ON OP. CAP. acre TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES FIXED EXPENSES Implements acre Tractors acre Self-Propelled Eq. acre Crawf irrig double acin Crawf pond&eq double acre TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES ALLOCATED COST ITEMS Overhead (owner) acre Land ( oppor. cost ) acre

8 Table 5.A Estimated Costs per Acre, Rice-Crawfish, in Field Rotation, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, ITEM UNIT PRICE QUANTITY AMOUNT YOUR FARM INCOME Rice cwt Rice Checkoff cwt Crawfish (Jan - June) lbs TOTAL INCOME DIRECT EXPENSES CUSTOM Airplane fert cwt Global pos. system acre Airplane seed cwt App by air appl Drying rice cwt Haul rice cwt BAIT Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Manuf. crawfish bait lbs FERTILIZER Nitrogen lbs Phosphate lbs Potash lbs FUNGICIDES Quadris oz HERBICIDES Facet 75DF lb Londax 60DF oz ,4-D Amine 4 pt HIRED LABOR Other labor hour Irrigation labor hour INSECTICIDES Karate Z oz OTHER Rice gate each Seed crawfish lbs Hip boots pair Sacks each SEED Rice seed lbs OPERATOR LABOR Tractors hour Self-Propelled Eq. hour IRRIGATION LABOR Crawf irrig double hour OWNER LABOR Self-Propelled Eq. hour DIESEL FUEL Tractors gal Self-Propelled Eq. gal Crawf irrig double gal GASOLINE Self-Propelled Eq. gal REPAIR & MAINTENANCE Implements acre Tractors acre Self-Propelled Eq. acre Crawf irrig double acin Crawf pond&eq double acre INTEREST ON OP. CAP. acre TOTAL DIRECT EXPENSES FIXED EXPENSES Implements acre Tractors acre Self-Propelled Eq. acre Crawf irrig double acin Crawf pond&eq double acre TOTAL FIXED EXPENSES TOTAL SPECIFIED EXPENSES ALLOCATED COST ITEMS Overhead (owner) acre Land ( oppor. cost ) acre

9 Table 3.B Estimated Resource Use and Costs for Field Operations, per Acre, Single Crop Crawfish, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, TRACTOR COST EQUIP COST ALLOC LABOR OPERATING INPUT OPERATION/ SIZE/ TRACTOR PERF TIMES TOTAL OPERATING INPUT UNIT SIZE RATE OVER MTH DIRECT FIXED DIRECT FIXED HOURS COST AMOUNT PRICE COST COST Crawf pond&eq single acre 1.00 Jul Disk 24 ft Jul Crawf irrig single acin 1.00 Jul Irrigation labor hour Airplane seed cwt 1.00 Jul Rice seed lbs Rotary mower-levees 6.7 ft Jul Airplane fert cwt 1.00 Jul Urea (45%) lbs Crawf irrig single acin 1.00 Aug Rotary mower-levees 6.7 ft Aug Crawf irrig single acin 1.00 Sep Rotary mower-levees 6.7 ft Sep Crawf irrig single acin 1.00 Oct Hip boots pair Irrigation labor hour Rotary mower-levees 6.7 ft Oct Crawf irrig single acin 1.00 Nov Crawfish combine 12 hp Dec Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig single acin 1.00 Dec Pickup truck 1/2 ton Dec Crawfish combine 12 hp Jan Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig single acin 1.00 Jan Pickup truck 1/2 ton Jan Crawfish combine 12 hp Feb Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig single acin 1.00 Feb Pickup truck 1/2 ton Feb Crawfish combine 12 hp Mar Manuf. crawfish bait lbs Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig single acin 1.00 Mar Pickup truck 1/2 ton Mar Crawfish combine 12 hp Apr Manuf. crawfish bait lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig single acin 1.00 Apr Pickup truck 1/2 ton Apr Rotary mower-levees 6.7 ft Apr Crawfish combine 12 hp May Manuf. crawfish bait lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig single acin 1.00 May Irrigation labor hour Pickup truck 1/2 ton May Rotary mower-levees 6.7 ft May Rotary mower-levees 6.7 ft Jun TOTALS INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL UNALLOCATED LABOR 0.00 TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

10 Table 4.B Estimated Resource Use and Costs for Field Operations, per Acre, Rice-Crawfish Double Crop, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, TRACTOR COST EQUIP COST ALLOC LABOR OPERATING INPUT OPERATION/ SIZE/ TRACTOR PERF TIMES TOTAL OPERATING INPUT UNIT SIZE RATE OVER MTH DIRECT FIXED DIRECT FIXED HOURS COST AMOUNT PRICE COST COST Crawf pond&eq double acre 1.00 May Disk 24 ft May Airplane fert cwt 1.00 May Nitrogen lbs Phosphate lbs Potash lbs Field cultivator 24 ft May Levee plow 8 Ft May Ditcher rotary 1.5 ft May Dozer blade 8 ft May Backhoe May Other labor hour Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 May Irrigation labor hour Rice gate each Water level 24 ft May Drag 14 ft May Airplane seed cwt 1.00 May Rice seed lbs Seed crawfish lbs 1.00 Jun Other labor hour Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Jun App by air appl 1.00 Jun Propanil qt Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Jul Airplane fert cwt 1.00 Jul Nitrogen lbs Dozer blade 8 ft Aug Other labor hour Combine Rice 25 Ft Aug Grain cart 500 bu Aug Drying rice cwt 1.00 Aug Haul rice cwt Dozer blade 8 ft Aug Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Oct Hip boots pair Irrigation labor hour Rotary mower-levees 6.7 ft Oct Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Nov Crawfish combine 12 hp Dec Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Dec Pickup truck 1/2 ton Dec Crawfish combine 12 hp Jan Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Jan Pickup truck 1/2 ton Jan Crawfish combine 12 hp Feb Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Feb Pickup truck 1/2 ton Feb Crawfish combine 12 hp Mar Manuf. crawfish bait lbs Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Mar Irrigation labor hour Pickup truck 1/2 ton Mar Crawfish combine 12 hp Apr Manuf. crawfish bait lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Apr Pickup truck 1/2 ton Apr TOTALS INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL UNALLOCATED LABOR 0.00 TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

11 Table 5.B Estimated Resource Use and Costs for Field Operations, per Acre, Rice-Crawfish, in Field Rotation, Owner-Operator, Southwest Louisiana, TRACTOR COST EQUIP COST ALLOC LABOR OPERATING INPUT OPERATION/ SIZE/ TRACTOR PERF TIMES TOTAL OPERATING INPUT UNIT SIZE RATE OVER MTH DIRECT FIXED DIRECT FIXED HOURS COST AMOUNT PRICE COST COST Disk Harrow 32' 4WD Nov Levee plow 8 Ft 4WD Nov Blade-Scraper 10' MFWD Nov Ditcher rotary 1.5 ft MFWD Nov Field cultivator 32 ft 4WD Feb Airplane fert cwt 1.00 Feb Nitrogen lbs Airplane fert cwt 1.00 Feb Phosphate lbs Potash lbs Ditcher rotary 1.5 ft MFWD Feb Blade-Scraper 10' MFWD Feb Rice gate each 1.00 Feb Backhoe MFWD Feb Water level 24 ft 4WD Feb Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Mar Airplane seed cwt 1.00 Apr Rice seed lbs App by air appl 1.00 Apr Karate Z oz App by air appl 1.00 Apr Facet 75DF lb Londax 60DF oz App by air appl 1.00 Jun ,4-D Amine 4 pt Airplane fert cwt 1.00 Jun Nitrogen lbs App by air appl 1.00 Jun Quadris oz Seed crawfish lbs 1.00 Jun Other labor hour App by air appl 1.00 Jul Karate Z oz Combine Rice 25 Ft Aug Grain cart 500 bu MFWD Aug Drying rice cwt 1.00 Aug Haul rice cwt 1.00 Aug Blade-Scraper 10' MFWD Aug Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Oct Hip boots pair Irrigation labor hour Crawf pond&eq double acre 1.00 Oct Rotary mower-levees 6.7 ft Oct Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Nov Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Dec Crawfish combine 12 hp Jan Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Jan Pickup truck 1/2 ton Jan Crawf pond&eq double acre 1.00 Jan Crawfish combine 12 hp Feb Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Feb Pickup truck 1/2 ton Feb Crawfish combine 12 hp Mar Manuf. crawfish bait lbs Crawfish bait (fish) lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Mar Irrigation labor hour Pickup truck 1/2 ton Mar Crawfish combine 12 hp Apr Manuf. crawfish bait lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 Apr Pickup truck 1/2 ton Apr Pickup truck 1/2 ton Apr Crawfish combine 12 hp May Manuf. crawfish bait lbs Sacks each Crawf irrig double acin 1.00 May Pickup truck 1/2 ton May Crawfish combine 12 hp Jun Manuf. crawfish bait lbs Sacks each TOTALS INTEREST ON OPERATING CAPITAL UNALLOCATED LABOR 0.00 TOTAL SPECIFIED COST

12 Appendix Table 1. Operating Inputs: Estimated Prices, Louisiana, ITEM NAME UNIT PRICE ITEM NAME UNIT PRICE BAIT BAIT Crawfish bait (fish) lbs 0.49 Manuf. crawfish bait lbs 0.30 CUSTOM CUSTOM Airplane fert cwt 6.50 Airplane fert acre 6.50 Airplane fert cwt 7.50 Airplane seed acre 5.50 Airplane seed cwt 5.60 Airplane proponil acre 8.00 App by air appl 6.00 Drying rice cwt 0.90 Fertilizer truck acre 4.50 Global pos. system acre 0.35 Haul rice cwt 0.30 LARice Air Plant sw cwt 5.60 LARice GPS Charge SW acre 0.35 Storage rice cwt 0.10 FERTILIZER FERTILIZER Anhydrous (82%) lbs 0.28 Nitrogen lbs 0.50 Nitrogen (32%) lbs 0.22 Phosphate lbs 0.61 Potash lbs 0.34 Urea (45%) lbs 0.25 FUNGICIDES FUNGICIDE Quadris oz 1.95 Tilt oz 0.84 HERBICIDES HERBICIDE 2,4-D Amine 4 pt ,4-D LV4 pt 3.00 Facet 75DF lb Londax 60DF oz Propanil qt 8.04 HIRED LABOR HIRED LABOR Irrigation labor hour 9.60 Other labor hour 9.60 INSECTICIDES INSECTICIDE Karate Z oz 3.40 Methyl parathion pt 5.79 Sevin 80% S lbs 7.40 OTHER OTHER Accounting service dol 1.00 Farmstead & drainage dol 1.00 Hip boots pair Levee gate gate 3.65 Misc. overhead dol 1.00 Plastic sqft 0.05 Rice forage ac ai Rice gate each 3.65 Sacks each 0.40 Seed crawfish lbs 1.00 Stunted crawfish lbs 0.80 Supply & misc dol 1.00 Utilities dol 1.00 Waders pair SEED SEED Common bermuda seed lbs 4.40 Rice seed lbs 0.38 Ryegrass seed lbs 0.63 Appendix Table 2. Powered Equipment: Estimated Useful Life, Annual Use, Purchase Price, Repair Cost, Fuel Consumption Rate, and Direct and Fixed Cost per Hour, Louisiana, PERF USEFUL ANNUAL PURCHASE REPAIR CONS ITEM NAME SIZE RATE LIFE USE PRICE COST RATE --DIRECT COST-- --FIXEDCOST-- hrs/ac years hours percent /hour $/hr $/ac $/hr $/ac Double Hitch Pickup Truck 1\2 ton , Tractor (15-30hp) , Tractor (40-59hp) , Tractor (60-89hp) , Tractor (90-115hp) , Tractor ( hp) , Tractor ( hp) , Tractor ( hp) , Tractor ( hp) 150 MFWD , Tractor ( hp) , Tractor ( hp) , Tractor ( )CB 4WD , Tractor ( hp) , Tractor GC(90-115hp) , Tractor PTO(60-89hp) , Tractor( hp)CB MFWD , Tractor( hp) 4WD , man cf combine 12 hp , Boat,Motor&Trailer 14 ft , Combine Rice 25 Ft , Crawfish combine 12 hp , Truck 5 ton ,

13 Appendix Table 3. Implements: Estimated Performance Rate, Useful Life, Annual Use, Purchase Price, Repair Cost, and Direct and Fixed Cost per Hour and per Acre, Louisiana, PERF USEFUL ANNUAL PURCHASE REPAIR ITEM NAME SIZE RATE LIFE USE PRICE COST --DIRECT COST-- --FIXED COSThrs/ac years hours percent $/hr $/ac $/hr $/ac Backhoe , Blade-Scraper 10' , Cultimulcher 12 Ft , Disk 24 ft , Disk Harrow 32' , Ditcher rotary 1.5 ft , Ditcher side , Dozer blade 8 ft , Drag 14 ft Fertilizer buggy 30 ft , Fertilizer buggy (R) 30 ft Field cultivator 24 ft , Field cultivator 32 ft , Grain cart 500 bu , Grain drill 12 ft , Grain drill 20 ft , Harrow 13Ft , Levee plow 8 Ft , PTO aerator hour , Rotary mower 13.3 ft , Rotary mower-levees 6.7 ft , Side Mount Mower 6 ft , Spike harrow 18 ft , Tractor blade 6 ft , Water level 24 ft , Appendix Table 4. Other Durable Inputs: Estimated Repair Cost, Fuel Consumption Rate, Direct Cost per Unit of Measure, and Fixed Cost per Unit of Measure or per Acre, Louisiana, FUEL REPAIR CONS ITEM NAME UNIT COST RATE DIRECT COST ----FIXED COST---- $/U of M /U of M $/U of M $/U of M $/acre Crawf irrig double acin Crawf irrig single acin Crawf pond&eq double acre Crawf pond&eq single acre Irrigation system 1 acre

14 Appendix Table 5. Definitions of Selected Line Items in the Crawfish Production Budgets. Item Crawf irrig double Crawf irrig single Crawf pond&eq double Crawf pond&eq single Irrigation system1 Self-Propelled Eq Definition Irrigation system for rice-crawfish double crop production in Southwest Louisiana Irrigation system for single-crop crawfish production in Southwest Louisiana Pond and equipment for rice-crawfish double crop production in Southwest Louisiana Pond and equipment for single-crop crawfish production in Southwest Louisiana Irrigation system for rice portion of rice-crawfish double-crop production in Southwest Louisiana Pickup truck 11

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