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Orchard & Commercial GrowingHow should water and pumping costs enter mango enterprise comparisons?
Include purchased water, energy, filtration, repairs, and operating labor when comparing production systems. Keep fixed infrastructure costs separate from costs that change with water use. Relate expenditure to the productive area and saleable crop using clearly defined periods, rather than comparing only pump run time. Test how an increase in water or energy prices changes the result before assuming that a system with lower establishment cost is cheaper overall.