New cost of production studies for specialty crops, wine grapes and dry beans are now available from the University of California Cooperative Extension. 
 
Individual studies focus on small farm production of cherry tomatoes, green beans, and bittermelon in the San Joaquin Valley.

Sample Costs to Produce Cherry Tomatoes, 2005, San Joaquin Valley;
Sample Costs to Produce Green Beans, 2005, San Joaquin Valley; and
Sample Costs to Produce Bittermelon, 2005, San Joaquin Valley
were prepared by Richard H. Molinar, UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) farm advisor, Fresno County; Michael Yang, UCCE agricultural assistant, Fresno County; Karen M. Klonsky, UCCE specialist, UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics; and Richard L. De Moura, research associate, UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
 
Sample Costs to Produce Common Dry Beans, 2005, San Joaquin Valley -- North is written by Mick Canevari, UCCE farm advisor, San Joaquin County; Klonsky and De Moura. Two studies -- Sample Costs to Produce Large Limas 2004, San Joaquin Valley North, and Sample Costs to Produce Baby Lima, 2004, San Joaquin Valley North -- by the same authors are also available.
 
All of the studies are available online at http://coststudies.ucdavis.edu or can be ordered from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 and the local UC Cooperative Extension offices, or by phone at (530) 752-4424.
 
Similar reports are available for many commodities from 1931 to current and can be requested at the above address or phone numbers. A $3 handling fee is charged for each report.