Cotton Gin Operating Costs in the San Joaquin Valley of California -- 1971/72

Charles A. Wilmot, Dale L. Shaw and Betty K. Heron

No 324765, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Capacity utilization and operating costs were analyzed for a sample of 41 gins representing 27 percent of the total ginning capacity and 26 percent of the total ginnings for the San Joaquin Valley of California during the 1971/72 season. Utilization of sample gin plant capacity averaged 53 percent, based on a typical ginning season of 906 operating hours and averages of 16.8 bales in rated hourly capacity and 6,754 bales in annual volume ginned. Operating costs per bale averaged: Out-of-pocket, $18.86; total, $23.24; and total standardized, $26.67.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13
Date: 1974-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.324765

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