Establishment and Production
Costs for Tender Fruit in Ontario - 2010 Economic Report
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Variable Costs |
Cost per acre ($)
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|---|---|---|
| Actual | Budget | |
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Labour: hand, 193 hrs
|
2702
|
|
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Labour: machine operator, 29.0 hrs |
|
455 |
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Ammonium nitrate, 125 kg |
|
73 |
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Muriate of potash, 100 kg
|
75
|
|
|
Insecticides
|
207
|
|
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Fungicides
|
78
|
|
|
Herbicides
|
70
|
|
|
Cover Crop Seed |
|
8 |
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Machine repair, maintenance |
|
172 |
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Fuel |
|
298 |
|
Interest on operating capital |
|
295 |
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Bird control
|
0
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|
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Consulting Fees |
|
0 |
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Irrigation
|
86
|
|
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Custom Packing
|
1560
|
|
|
Miscellaneous (1 hive, leaf analysis)
|
115
|
|
|
Land rental |
|
|
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
6193 |
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Fixed Costs |
Cost per acre ($)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Actual | Budget | |
|
Machine: depreciation |
|
234 |
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Machine: Interest on investment |
|
56 |
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Cold storage
|
160
|
|
|
Other overhead |
|
600 |
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Land ownership |
|
|
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Measurable Fixed Costs |
|
1049 |
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Total Measurable Costs
|
7243
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Contribution Margin |
Cost per acre
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Actual | Budget | |
|
Gross Income (6 ton x $1388 per ton) |
|
8328 |
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
6193 |
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Contribution margin (no land costs) |
|
2135 |
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Hand Labour |
Labour (hours) |
Labour Costs |
Machine Costs* |
Fixed Costs |
Total Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pruning
|
60
|
840
|
|
|
840
|
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Thinning
|
30
|
420
|
|
|
420
|
|
Harvest
|
100
|
1400
|
|
|
1400
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Raking Brush
|
3
|
42
|
|
|
42
|
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Total Hand Labour |
193 |
2702 |
|
2702 |
2160 |
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Machine Labour and Machine Costs |
Labour (hours) |
Labour Costs |
Machine Costs* |
Fixed Costs |
Total Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Brush chopping
|
0.9
|
14
|
20
|
19
|
53
|
|
Discing (1x)
|
0.7
|
11
|
14
|
18
|
44
|
|
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
|
51
|
|
Mowing (4x) |
2.8 |
44 |
44 |
28 |
116
|
|
Weed spraying (3x)
|
2.1
|
33
|
26
|
12
|
70
|
|
Pesticide spraying (5x)
|
2.0
|
31
|
44
|
40
|
115
|
|
Distribute & collect containers
|
12.0
|
188
|
136
|
46
|
371
|
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Delivery
|
3.0
|
47
|
109
|
65
|
221
|
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Subsoiling/aerating (1x)
|
0.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
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Orchard maintenance
|
2.0
|
31
|
25
|
11
|
67
|
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Total Machine Operator |
29.0 |
455 |
469 |
489 |
1214 |
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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 |