Fresh Market Pear Enterprise Budget

 
Revenue
Revised Dec 2010
Sample cost
per Acre
Your Farm Budget
Expected Yield (tons/ac)
8.00
 
Expected Price ($/ton)
$942.00
 
Total Expected Revenue (Yield x Price)    
add: Expected Insurance Revenues    
Total Revenue    

Establishment Costs
Revised Dec 2010
Sample cost
per Acre
Your Farm Budget
New Trees (including support)
$1,950
 
Tile Drainage
$2,142
 
Cover Crop Seed

$89

 
Crop Insurance
 
Irrigation
 
Consulting Fees
$333
 
Replacement Trees
$132
 
Hand Labour
$2,688
 
Machine Operator Labour
$1,681
 
Fertilizers
 
1. All fertilizers
$662
 
2.
 
3.
 
 
Insecticides/Miticides
$2,092
 
Fungicides
$1,244
 
Herbicides
$494
 
Soil test
$40
 
Leaf analysis
$1,020
 
Custom Work (Plowing, planting)
$372
 
Tree paint
$275
 
Other
 
Fuel
$989
 
Equipment Repair & Maint.
$695
 
Accumulated Interest on Operating Capital
$4,305
 
General Variable Costs
 
 
 
 
Total Variable Costs for Establishment
$21,203
 

 
Fixed Costs
Revised Dec 2010
Sample cost
per Acre
Your Farm Budget
Depreciation - machinery
$1,033
 
Interest on Investment - machinery
$241
 
Land Costs
 
 
Cold Storage
$640
 
General Fixed Costs
$5,100
 
Total Fixed Costs for Establishment
$7,014
 
Total Establishment Costs
$28,217
 

 
Annual Production Costs
Revised Dec 2010
Sample cost
per Acre
Your Farm Budget
Hand Labour
$1,862
 
Machine Operator Labour
$331
 
Fertilizers:
 
1. Ammonium Nitrate
$73
 
2. Muriate of potash
$75
 
3.
 
Insecticides/Miticides:
 
1. All Insecticides/Miticides
$441
 
2.
 
Fungicides:
 
1. All Fungicides
$275
 
2.
 
Herbicides
 
1. All Herbicides
$70
 
2.
 
Other Expenses:
 
Crover crop seed
$8
 
Bird Control
 
Consulting fees
$37
 
Crop Insurance
 
Leaf analysis
$225
 
Irrigation
$86
 
Custom Work, Rentals:
 
#1 Packing
$1,120
 
#2
 
Other
 
 
 
Fuel
$226
 
Mach. Repair & Maint.
$155
 
Bldg. Repair & Maint.
 
Land rental
 
General Variable Costs
 
Interest on Operating Capital
$249
 
Total Variable Costs
$5,233
 
Gross Margin (Revenue - Variable Costs)
 
Fixed Costs
Revised Dec 2010
Sample cost
per Acre
Your Farm Budget
Depreciation - machinery
$195
 
Interest on Investment - machinery
$47
 
Land Costs
 
 
Cold Storage
$160
 
General Fixed Costs
$600
 
 
 
Amortization - Establishment Costs - Amortized over 15 years
$705
 
Total Fixed Costs
$1,707
 
Total Costs
 
Breakeven Price on Your Farm is (Total Expenses / Expected Yield)

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Author: John Molenhuis - Business Analysis & Cost of Production Program Lead/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 07 October 2003
Last Reviewed: 29 August 2011