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 ($) | |
|---|---|---|
| Actual | Budget | |
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Labour: hand, 171 hrs
|
2394
|
|
|
Labour: machine operator, 27.0 hrs
|
|
424
|
|
Ammonium nitrate, 125 kg
|
|
73
|
|
Muriate of potash, 100 kg
|
75
|
|
|
Insecticides
|
208
|
|
|
Fungicides
|
205
|
|
|
Herbicides
|
70
|
|
|
Cover Crop Seed
|
|
8
|
|
Machine repair, maintenance
|
|
172
|
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Fuel
|
|
295
|
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Interest on operating capital
|
|
280
|
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Bird control
|
0
|
|
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Consulting Fees
|
|
25
|
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Irrigation
|
86
|
|
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Custom Packing
|
1560
|
|
|
Miscellaneous (leaf analysis)
|
40
|
|
|
Land rental
|
|
|
|
Total Variable Costs
|
|
5890
|
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Fixed Costs
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Cost per acre ($)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Actual | Budget | |
|
Machine: depreciation
|
|
234
|
|
Machine: Interest on investment
|
|
56
|
|
Cold storage
|
160
|
|
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Other overhead
|
|
600
|
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Land ownership
|
|
|
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Measurable Fixed Costs
|
|
1049
|
|
Total Measurable Costs
|
6939
|
|
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Contribution Margin
|
Cost per acre |
|
|---|---|---|
| Actual | Budget | |
|
Gross Income ($1780 per ton)
|
|
8900
|
|
Total Variable Costs
|
|
5890
|
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Contribution margin (no land costs)
|
|
3010
|
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Hand Labour |
Labour (hours) |
Labour Costs |
Machine Costs* |
Fixed Costs |
Total Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pruning
|
48
|
672
|
|
|
672
|
|
Thinning
|
20
|
280
|
|
|
280
|
|
Harvest
|
100
|
1400
|
|
|
1400
|
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Raking Brush
|
3
|
42
|
|
|
42
|
| Total
Hand Labour |
171
|
2394
|
|
|
2394
|
| Machine
Operator |
Labour (hours) |
Labour Costs |
Machine Costs* |
Fixed Costs |
Total Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Brush chopping
|
0.9
|
14
|
25
|
19
|
59
|
|
Discing (1x)
|
0.7
|
11
|
27
|
19
|
57
|
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Cultivating (2x)
|
1.4
|
22
|
19
|
15
|
56
|
| Fertilizing
(2x) |
1.4
|
22
|
17
|
11
|
50
|
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Seeding cover crop (1x)
|
0.7
|
11
|
15
|
25
|
52
|
| Mowing (4x)
|
2.8
|
44
|
44
|
29
|
117
|
|
Weed spraying (3x)
|
2.1
|
33
|
23
|
12
|
68
|
|
Pesticide spraying (5x)
|
2.0
|
31
|
44
|
40
|
116
|
|
Distribute & collect containers
|
10.0
|
157
|
115
|
42
|
314
|
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Delivery
|
3.0
|
47
|
109
|
65
|
221
|
|
Subsoiling/aerating (0x)
|
0.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Orchard maintenance
|
2.0
|
31
|
26
|
11
|
68
|
| Total
Machine Operator |
27.0
|
424
|
466
|
289
|
1180
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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 |