Constructing a Southwest Florida Bell Peppers Enterprise Budget

Tara Wade, Barbara Hyman, and Eugene McAvoy

Release Date: 11/9/2020

Reviewed At: 3/11/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fe1088-2020

Agriculture

Abstract

Enterprise budgets can assist with forecasting as well as help managers coordinate resources, make production decisions, examine expenditures, and anticipate outcomes from changes in production practices. They 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 2018-19 enterprise budget for bell peppers in southwest Florida.

About this Publication

This is EDIS document FE1088, a publication of the Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Published October 2020. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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 Southwest Florida Research and Education Center; and Eugene McAvoy, associate director for stakeholder relations, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Wade, T., Hyman, B., & McAvoy, E. (2020). Constructing a Southwest Florida Bell Peppers Enterprise Budget. EDIS, 2020(6), 6. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe1088-2020

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

staff

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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