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 220 hrs |
2200
|
|
|
Labour: machine operator, 32.3 hrs |
|
452 |
|
Ammonium nitrate, 200 kg |
|
68 |
| Muriate of potash, 125 kg |
66
|
|
| Insecticides |
166
|
|
| Fungicides |
178
|
|
| Herbicides |
80
|
|
|
Cover Crop Seed |
|
14 |
|
Machine repair, maintenance |
|
246 |
|
Fuel |
|
327 |
|
Interest on operating capital |
|
281 |
| Bird control |
0
|
|
|
Consulting Fees |
|
50 |
| Irrigation |
129
|
|
| Miscellaneous (leaf analysis) |
40
|
|
|
Land rental |
|
|
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
4297 |
|
Fixed Costs |
Cost per acre ($) |
Cost per acre ($) |
|---|---|---|
|
Machine: depreciation |
|
175 |
|
Machine: Interest on investment |
|
84 |
| Cold storage and packing equipment |
0
|
|
|
Other overhead |
|
120 |
|
Land ownership |
|
|
|
Measurable Fixed Costs |
|
380 |
|
Total Measurable Costs |
|
4677 |
|
Contribution Margin |
Cost per acre |
Cost per acre |
|---|---|---|
|
Gross Income (15 ton x $523 per ton) |
|
7845 |
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
4297 |
|
Contribution margin (no land costs) |
|
3548 |
|
Additional Planting Year Costs |
Cost per acre |
Cost per acre |
|---|---|---|
|
Trellis, Wire, Bamboo stakes |
|
907 |
|
Labour |
|
450 |
|
Total |
|
1357 |
|
Hand Labour |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruning |
80
|
800
|
|
|
800
|
| Thinning |
50
|
500
|
|
|
500
|
| Harvest |
90
|
900
|
|
|
900
|
|
Total Hand Labour |
220 |
2200 |
|
|
2200 |
|
Machine Operator |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush removal |
1.5
|
21
|
18
|
7
|
46
|
| Cultivating (3x) |
2.1
|
29
|
27
|
15
|
71
|
|
Fertilizing (2x) |
1.4 |
20 |
18 |
11 |
48 |
| Seeding cover crop (1x) |
0.7
|
10
|
12
|
12
|
33
|
|
Mowing (5x) |
3.5 |
49 |
52 |
27 |
129
|
| Weed spraying (3x) |
1.8
|
25
|
24
|
12
|
61
|
| Pesticide spraying (9x) |
3.6
|
50
|
59
|
36
|
145
|
| Distribute & collect bins |
9.0
|
126
|
106
|
39
|
271
|
| Delivery |
4.0
|
56
|
199
|
76
|
331
|
| Sub-soiling/aerating (1x) |
0.7
|
10
|
9
|
6
|
25
|
| Orchard maintenance |
4.0
|
56
|
49
|
19
|
124
|
|
Total Machine Operator |
32.3 |
452 |
573 |
260 |
1285 |
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- Other Tender Fruit - Annual Cost
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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 |