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Matching Profitable Production With Labor Needs
Robin G. Brumfield, Extension Specialist in Farm Management

One problem on vegetable farms is when your crops do not generate enough income at season margins to retain quality, stable employees. Some growers plant crops they almost invariably know will lose money just to provide hours of work at certain times of season.How can you match profitable crops with labor needs?
The first step it to know your costs of each crop produced. A production budget can tell you the cost of producing each crop as well as help you determine how much labor is used for each crop. Let’s use sweet corn sold at a retail market as an example. Table 1 shows the costs broken into variable and overhead costs. The variable cost section also provides information on dates, and cost of labor. [read more]