Sweet Cherry Enterprise Budget

 
Revenue
Revised Dec 2010
Sample cost
per Acre
Your Farm Budget
Expected Yield (tons/ac)
6
 
Expected Price ($/ton)
$1,998
 
Total Expected Revenue (Yield x Price)    
add: Expected Insurance Revenues    
Total Revenue    

 
Annual Production Costs
Revised Dec 2010
Sample cost
per Acre
Your Farm Budget
Seasonal Labour
$4,172
 
Operator Labour
$515
 
Fertilizer #1 Am. Nitrate

$73

 
Fertilizer #2 Potash
$75
 
Fertilizer #3
 
 
Insecticides #1
$143
 
Insecticides #2
 
 
Insecticides #3
 
 
Herbicides #1
$70
 
Herbicides #2
 
 
Fungicides #1
$295
 
Fungicides #2
 
 
Other Sprays #1
 
 
Other Sprays #2
 
 
Manure    
Cover Crop Seed
$8
 
Marketing Bd. Fees
 
 
Crop Insurance
 
Irrigation
$86
 
Other - Bird control, Mulch, Bee Rental
$400
 
Custom Work #1 Packing
$1,200
 
Custom Work #2
 
 
Fuel
$332
 
Mach. Repair and Maint.
$173
 
Bldg. Repair and Maint.
 
 
Land Rental
 
 
General Variable Costs
 
 
Interest on Operating Capital
$189
 
Total Variable Costs
$7,731
 
Gross Margin (Revenue - Variable Costs)
 
Fixed Costs
Revised Dec 2010
Sample cost
per Acre
Your Farm Budget
Depreciation
$237
 
Interest on Term Loans
$57
 
Land ownership costs
 
Cold Storage
$160
 
General Fixed Costs
$600
 
Total Fixed Costs
$1,054
 
Total Expenses
$8,785
 

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: 04 January 2001
Last Reviewed: 08 October 2003