Establishment
and Production Costs for Tender Fruit in Ontario - 2006 Economic Report
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Variable Costs |
Cost per acre ($) |
Cost per acre ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour: hand 18 hrs |
180
|
|
|
Labour: machine operator, 15.1 hrs |
|
211 |
|
Trees (2% replacement) |
|
64 |
|
Fertilizer: 34-0-0, 25 kg |
|
18 |
| Fertilizer: 0-0-60, 25 kg |
17
|
|
| Insecticides |
51
|
|
| Fungicides |
17
|
|
| Herbicides |
29
|
|
|
Cover Crop Seed |
|
8 |
|
Machine repair, maintenance |
|
93 |
|
Fuel |
|
144 |
|
Consulting Fees |
|
25 |
| Miscellaneous (leaf analysis) |
40
|
|
|
Interest on operating capital |
|
474 |
|
Land rental |
|
|
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
1371 |
|
Fixed Costs |
Cost per acre ($) |
Cost per acre ($) |
|---|---|---|
|
Machine: depreciation |
|
110 |
|
Machine: Interest on investment |
|
54 |
|
Other overhead |
|
480 |
|
Land ownership |
|
|
|
Measurable Fixed Costs |
|
645 |
|
Total Measurable "Second Year" Costs |
|
2015 |
|
Hand Labour |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruning |
10
|
100
|
|
|
100
|
|
De-fruiting |
8 |
80 |
|
|
80 |
|
Total Hand Labour |
18 |
180 |
|
|
180 |
|
Machine Operator |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Re-planting trees |
2.0
|
28
|
28
|
21
|
77
|
|
Discing (1x) |
0.7 |
10 |
15 |
15 |
40 |
|
Cultivating (2x) |
1.4 |
20 |
20 |
14 |
53 |
|
Seeding cover crop (1x) |
0.7 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
34 |
|
Fertilizing (2x) |
1.4 |
20 |
19 |
12 |
50 |
|
Mowing (4x) |
2.8 |
39 |
46 |
28 |
113
|
| Weed spraying (2x) |
1.4
|
20
|
20
|
12
|
51
|
| Pesticide spraying (5x) |
2.0
|
28
|
41
|
31
|
100
|
| Sub-soiling/aerating (1x) |
0.7
|
10
|
10
|
6
|
26
|
| Orchard maintenance |
2.0
|
28
|
27
|
13
|
68
|
|
Total Machine Operator |
15.1 |
211 |
236 |
165 |
612 |
Related Links:
- Preplant Year
- Planting 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 Lead/OMAFRA |
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| Creation Date: | 01 March 2007 |
| Last Reviewed: | 01 March 2007 |