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, 12 hrs
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168
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Labour: machine operator, 15.8 hrs
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185
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Trees (201 trees per acre)
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1950
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Custom Planting
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322
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Fertilizer: 15-15-15, 50 kg
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34
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Insecticides
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82
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Fungicides
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35
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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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98
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Fuel
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109
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Interest on operating capital
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294
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Consulting Fees
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37
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Miscellaneous (tree guards)
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275
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Land rental
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Total Variable Costs
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3644
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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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145
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Machine: Interest on investment
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33
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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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778
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Total Measurable Costs
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4422
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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
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4
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56
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56
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Weed Control: hoeing
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3
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42
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42
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Tree guards
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5
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70
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70
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Total Hand Labour
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12
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168
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168
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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
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11
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5
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24
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Discing (2x)
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1.4
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22
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24
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24
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69
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Cultivating (3x)
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2.1
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33
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29
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21
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83
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Fertilizing (1x)
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0.7
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11
|
10
|
9
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30
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Seeding cover crop (1x)
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0.7
|
11
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16
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26
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53
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Mowing (3x)
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2.1
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33
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38
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29
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100
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Weed spraying (2x)
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0.7
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11
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10
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7
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29
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Pesticide spraying (4x)
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1.6
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25
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41
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41
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107
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Orchard maintenance
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2.0
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31
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28
|
14
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73
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Total Machine Operator
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11.8
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185
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206
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178
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570
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Related Links:
- Pre-plant Year
- Second Year
- Third Year
- Fourth Year
- Fifth Year
- Sixth Year
- Seventh Year
- Eighth Year
- Total Establishment Cost
- Mature Orchard
- 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 |