Missouri Specialty Crop Budgets
Specialty crop production remains an important part of Missouri Agriculture and represents a key area for value added growth. In support of planning economically viable growth in this sector, FAPRI with the help of Missouri Extension Specialists has begun the development of fruit and vegetable costs of production budgets. These budgets are not based on surveyed data. Instead they are based on common production practices, input use, and the price of those inputs. Growers should use these budgets as a guide for costs and returns and adjust them to their specific conditions. While specialty crop production can be very profitable especially relative to row crops, there can be long periods of investment before returns are realized and all specialty crops are labor intensive.
Many of these budgets were adapted from enterprise budgets produced in other states. Input prices and specialty crop prices have been updated to the extent possible. Preparation of these budgets is an ongoing learning process, and FAPRI – with the help of Missouri Extension Specialists and Missouri growers – plans to continue to expand, update, and adjust these budgets as needed.
The budgets are available as downloadable Microsoft Excel files to facilitate their direct use by current and prospective producers of specialty crops.
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Reports
Part 3 – Missouri Specialty Crop Marketing and Enterprise Budgets: A Commercial Grower’s Guide
2020 Budgets
Fruit
Vegetable
- Asparagus
- Bell Peppers
- Broccoli
- Carrots
- Cucumber
- Eggplant
- Garlic
- Green Beans
- Leafy Greens
- Okra
- Onions
- Potatoes
- Pumpkins
- Squash (Summer)
- Squash (Winter)
- Sweet Corn
- Sweet Potato
- Tomato
- Watermelon
- Watermelon Seedless