Establishment and Production
Costs for Tender Fruit in Ontario - 2010 Economic Report
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Variable Costs
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Cost per acre ($)
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| Actual | Budget | |
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Labour: hand 16hrs
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224
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Labour: machine operator, 14.2 hrs
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223
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Trees (242 trees per acre)
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2178
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Custom Planting
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389
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Fertilizer: 15-15-15, 50 kg
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34
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Insecticides
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62
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Fungicides
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19
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Herbicides
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48
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Cover Crop Seed
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8
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Machine repair, maintenance
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99
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Fuel
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131
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Interest on operating capital
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301
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Consulting Fees
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37
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Miscellaneous (tree paint)
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40
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Land rental
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Total Variable Costs
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3793
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Fixed Costs
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Cost per acre ($)
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|---|---|---|
| Actual | Budget | |
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Machine: depreciation
|
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148
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Machine: Interest on investment
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34
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Other overhead
|
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600
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Land ownership
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Measurable Fixed Costs
|
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782
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Total Measurable Costs
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4575
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Hand Labour
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Labour
(hours) |
Labour
Costs |
Machine
Costs* |
Fixed
Costs |
Total
Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Pruning
|
7
|
98
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98
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Weed Control - hoeing
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3
|
42
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42
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Painting trees
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6
|
84
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84
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Total Hand Labour
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16
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224
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224
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Machine Labour and Machine Costs
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Labour
(hours) |
Labour
Costs |
Machine
Costs* |
Fixed
Costs |
Total
Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Pick up trees
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0.5
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8
|
11
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5
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24
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Discing (2x)
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2.0
|
31
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30
|
25
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86
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Cultivating (3x)
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2.1
|
33
|
28
|
19
|
80
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Fertilizing (1x)
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0.7
|
11
|
9
|
9
|
29
|
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Seeding cover crop (1x)
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0.7
|
11
|
16
|
26
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52
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Mowing (3x)
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2.1
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33
|
37
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27
|
97
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Weed spraying (2x)
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1.4
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22
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18
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10
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50
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Pesticide spraying (5x)
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2.0
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31
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45
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42
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118
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Subsoiling/aerating (1x)
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0.7
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11
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10
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8
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29
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Orchard maintenance
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2.0
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31
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26
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12
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70
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Total Machine Operator
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14.2
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223
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230
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182
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636
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*includes maintenance, fuel and repair
Related Links:
- Preplant Year
- Second Year
- Third Year
- Fourth Year
- Total Establishment Costs
- Mature Orchard: Annual Costs
- Break Even and Profitability Worksheet
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| Author: | Ken Slingerland - Tender Fruit & Grape Specialist/OMAFRA; John Molenhuis - Business Analysis & Cost of Production Program Lead/OMAFRA |
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| Creation Date: | 01 March 2007 |
| Last Reviewed: | 21 March 2012 |