2004 Estimated Cost and Returns for Producing Onions, Columbia Basin, Washington
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Author: Herbert
Hinman* and Gary Pelter**
In 1992, approximately 8,000 acres of onions were produced in the Columbia Basin. By 1998, the acreage of onions produced had risen to approximately 17,000. In 2004, an estimated 19,000 acres of onions will be produced in the Columbia Basin. This publication presents 2004 projected cost and return information for representative Columbia Basin onion enterprises producing onions under rill irrigation, center pivot irrigation, and drip irrigation. The projected prices are those prices to the farmer minus storage and marketing costs. Producers, lenders, and others should find this information helpful in identifying enterprise strengths and weaknesses, planning production adjustments, estimating financial requirements, and resolving numerous other business management problems.The overall objective of this study was to develop enterprise budgets for onions grown under three different irrigation systems. These were the specific objectives: (1) To identify production practices representative of well-managed onion enterprises grown under rill irrigation, center pivot irrigation and drip irrigation in the Columbia Basin; (2) to provide estimates of capital requirements, production costs to storage, and returns; and (3) to provide current and prospective producers with a procedure and tool for analyzing the profitability of their onion enterprise.
*Herb Hinman is an Extension Economist at Washington State University.
**Grant/Adams Area Extension Educator, WSU.
Photos provided by Gary Pelter
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