Constructing a Southwest Florida Tomato Enterprise Budget

Tara Wade, Barbara Hyman, Eugene McAvoy, and John VanSickle

Release Date: 12/16/2020

Reviewed At: 3/11/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fe1087-2020

Agriculture

Abstract

Enterprise budgets are effective planning tools for growers in search of help with forecasting, resource coordination, and better production decisions. In essence, enterprise budgets can help producers determine what to produce, how many acres to produce, the cost of production, and the necessary price to be profitable. Describes the process used to create the 2017/18 enterprise budget for tomatoes in southwest Florida and includes resources for producers interested in creating enterprise budgets for their own operations.

About this Publication

This is EDIS document FE1087, a publication of the Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 2020. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Tara Wade, assistant professor, Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center; Barbara Hyman, education/training specialist III, UF/IFAS SWFREC; Eugene McAvoy, regional vegetable Extension agent IV emeritus, UF/IFAS Extension Hendry County; and John VanSickle, retired professor, Food and Resource Economics Department; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Wade, T., Hyman, B., McAvoy, E., & Vansickle, J. (2020). Constructing a Southwest Florida Tomato Enterprise Budget. EDIS, 2020(6), 5. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1087-2020

Authors

Eugene McAvoy

regional vegetable Extension agent IV emeritus and associate director for stakeholder relations, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL

Tara Wade

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University of Florida

associate professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL

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Barbara Hyman

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University of Florida

education/training specialist III, M.S., agricultural economics, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL.

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John Vansickle

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University of Florida

professor emeritus, Department of Food and Resource Economics

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